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1 online resource (xi, 171 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Presenting John J. Gumperz / Aldo di Luzio -- Discussion with John J. Gumperz / Carlo L. Prevignano, Aldo di Luzio -- Contextualizing "contextualization cues" / Stephen C. Levinson -- Contextualization and social meaning-making practices / Paul J. Thibault -- On Gumperz and the minims of interaction / Carlo L. Prevignano -- Commentary on a discussion with John J. Gumperz / Afzal Ballim -- Review of John J. Gumperz's current contributions to interactional sociolinguistics / Susan L. Eerdmans -- Response essay / John J. Gumperz -- Body dynamics, social meaning-making, and scale heterogeneity: re-considering contextualization cues and language as mixed-mode semiosis / Paul J. Thibault -- Continuing the discussion with John J. Gumperz / Carlo L. Prevignano, Paul J. Thibault. |
| Summary |
This book features a fascinating and extended focal interview with Professor John J. Gumperz, who ranges over his long career trajectory and reflects on his scientific achievements and how they relate to the contemporary linguistic scene. In this way, the reader is presented with a snapshot introduction to Gumperz's work in a contemporary context. A number of commentaries provide a stimulating and illuminating series of theoretical and applied encounters with Gumperz's work from different perspectives. In so doing, they shed new light on Gumperz's seminal contribution to the study of language a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gumperz, John J. (John Joseph), 1922-2013.
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Gumperz, John J. (John Joseph), 1922-2013. |
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Gumperz, John J., 1922-2013 (Gumperz, John Joseph) |
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Gumperz, John Joseph, 1922- |
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Sociolinguistics.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Social interaction.
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Social interaction. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Eerdmans, Susan.
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Prevignano, Carlo.
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Thibault, Paul J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Language and interaction. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003 902722594X 9789027225948 (DLC) 2002028005 (OCoLC)50280030 |
| ISBN |
9789027296849 (electronic book) |
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9027296847 (electronic book) |
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902722594X (alkaline paper) |
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9789027225948 (alkaline paper) |
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1588113043 (US ; alkaline paper) |
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9781588113047 (US ; alkaline paper) |
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