John J. Gumperz's Discourse Strategies. (December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gal, Susan
• Is Part Of: Journal of linguistic anthropology. Volume 23:Number 3(2013:Dec)
• Page Start: 115
• Page End: 126
• Publication Date: 2013-12
• Subjects: Anthropological linguistics -- Periodicals; 306.44089
• DOI: 10.1111/jola.12023
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1055-1360

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>John J. Gumperz was a founding figure of sociolinguistics and an important contributor to the development of linguistic anthropology in the 20th century. This article traces not his past but his present and future, exploring four themes that he inaugurated and that have had a shaping influence on the dual fields in which he was active. The themes are: approaches to ethnographic evidence; social and linguistic differentiation; speech practices in history; culture and contextualization.</p> </abstract>