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J ohn J. G umperz's Discourse Strategies
Author(s) -
Gal Susan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of linguistic anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1548-1395
pISSN - 1055-1360
DOI - 10.1111/jola.12023
Subject(s) - contextualization , sociolinguistics , ethnography , linguistic anthropology , sociology , linguistics , anthropology , philosophy , interpretation (philosophy)
J ohn J . G umperz 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.