Publications

Publication details [#12470]

Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
contextualization cue | interactional sociolinguistics | interethnic communication | interpretation | social constructivism | style
Reprint of
Gumperz, John J. 1982. Discourse strategies. Cambridge University Press.

Annotation

A theoretical outline of the social constructivist approach to interactional sociolinguistics, illustrated by how intonation patterns trigger (mis)interpretations in interethnic communication.