Language and interaction : discussions with John J. Gumperz / edited by Susan L. Eerdmans, Carlo L. Prevignano, Paul J. Thibault.

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 introduc...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Eerdmans, Susan. Prevignano, Carlo. Thibault, Paul J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003.
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Table of 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.