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Sb70012 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Social object / respectively

Reference to any such social object should be viewed as either positive or negative, as in the case of the normative reference group involving respectively identification with or separation from the given social object.

Source: The Social Science Encyclopedia edited by Adam Kuper

Hi,
I have two questions:

1. "social object" refers to or means what?
2. "respectively" modifies which one of the words?

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sb70012 1. "social object" refers to or means what? In an academic text, you have to use the author's definition.

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  • sb70012 1.
  • "social object" refers to or means what?
  • In an academic text, you have to use the author's definition.
  • Here is a likely definition from Wikipedia: Social objects are objects around which social networks form.
  • The concept was put forward by Jyri Engeström in 2005 as part of the explanation of why some social networks succeed and some fail.
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sb700121. "social object" refers to or means what?
In an academic text, you have to use the author's definition. Here is a likely definition from Wikipedia:

Social objects are objects around which social networks form. The concept was put forward by Jyri Engeström in 2005 as part of th
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