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Gumperz, John J. 1969. Communication in multilingual societies. In Tyler, Stephen A., ed. Cognitive anthropology. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. pp. 435–448.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language distance | multilingualism

Annotation

G. argues that whenever two or more languages are regularly employed within the same social system, they differ significantly from the same languages as spoken in separate social systems. Language distance is said to vary with intensity and quality of internal communication.

Reprints

Gumperz, John J. 1971. In Gumperz, John J., ed. Language in social groups. Selected and introduced by Anwar S. Dil. Stanford UP. pp. 230–250.