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Download full textGumperz, John J. – 1970
A number of studies on the acquisition of communicative competence (the ability to communicate effectively in natural social settings) in varying cultural and social settings are described. Languages covered are English, including urban Afro-American dialects; Samoan; Tzeltal, an Indian language of Southern Mexico; Luo of Kenya; and the Spanish of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages)
Papers on Language and Context. Working Papers of the Language Behavior Research Laboratory, No. 46.
Cook-Gumperz, Jenny; Gumperz, John J. – 1976
This issue includes four papers: (1) "Context in Children's Speech," by Jenny Cook-Gumperz and John J. Gumperz, demonstrates how context is used as a framing device for semantic interpretation of messages. It is suggested that context is not simply background information but part of the total message, entering into the information communicated,…
Descriptors: Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
