Gumperz and Social Justice

Abstract

John Gumperz's work was characterized by a concern for social justice. This article traces some of the ways this concern manifested itself through such concepts as “key situation,” and in research foci on moments of social selection in powerful state institutions. It reviews some critiques of Gumperz's approach to the problem of how social difference is tied to social inequality, and some of the productive responses to those critiques, anchoring Gumperz's work as a major contribution to critical sociolinguistics.

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