Publications
Hymes, Dell H. 2004. Models of the interaction of language and social life. Toward a descriptive theory. In Paulston, Christina Bratt and Scott Kiesling. Intercultural Discourse and Communication. The Essential Readings. Blackwell Publishers. pp. 4–16. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1998. When is oral narrative poetry? Generative form and its pragmatic conditions. Pragmatics 8 (4) : 475–500. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1997. The Scope of Sociolinguistics. In Coupland, Nikolas and Adam Jaworski. Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook. (Modern Linguistics Series). MacMillan. pp. 12–22. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1992. Review of E.-A.Gutt (1991: `Translation and relevance: Cognition and context'). Language in Society 21 (2) : 316–317. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1992. Review of R.Blass (1990: `Relevance relations in discourse: A study with special reference to Sissala'). Language in Society 21 (2) : 308–309. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1991. Review of F.Rossi-Landi (1982: `Ideologia'). Language in Society 20 (4) : 647–650. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1991. Review of J.Kelly, J.Local (1989: `Doing phonology: Observing, recording, interpreting'). Language in Society 20 (1) : 153–154. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1990. Review of H.Coleman (ed.) (1989: `Working with language: A multidisciplinary consideration of language use in work contexts'). Language in Society 19 (3) : 439–441. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1989. Review of D.L.Brenneis, F.R.Myers (eds.) (1984: `Dangerous words: Language and politics in the Pacific'). Language in Society 18 (2) : 261–262. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1989. Review of M.Heller (ed.) (1988: `Codeswitching: Anthropological and sociological perspectives'). Language 65 (3) : 588–591. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1989. Review of U.Ammon et al. (eds.) (1987: `Sociolinguistics/Soziolinguistik: An international handbook of the science of language and society/Ein internationales Handbüch zur Wissenschaft von Sprache und Gesellschaft'). Language in Society 18 (2) : 257–259. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1987. A theory of irony and a Chinookan pattern of verbal exchange. In Fornel, Michel De. Reference to persons in conversation. In : 131–140. : 293–337. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1983. Report from an underdeveloped country: Toward linguistic competence in the United States. In Bain, Bruce, ed. The sociogenesis of language and human conduct. Plenum. pp. 189–224. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1983. Review of P.Cole (ed.) (1981: `Radical pragmatics'). Language in Society 12 (1) : 100–103. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1981. Review of $Linguistic communication and speech acts. Language in Society 10 (2) : 270–274. 
Hymes, Dell H. 1980. Review of $Meaning and discourse: A computer model of psychoanalytic speech and discourse. Language in Society 9 (1) : 109–109. 