John J. Gumperz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American sociolinguist and anthropologist
Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1922
Place of Birth: Hattingen, Free State of Prussia, Germany
Date of Death: 29-Mar-2013
Profession: anthropologist, linguist
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About John J. Gumperz
- John Joseph Gumperz (January 9, 1922 – March 29, 2013) was an American linguist and academic.
- Gumperz was, for most of his career, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
- His research on the languages of India, on code-switching in Norway, and on conversational interaction, has benefitted the study of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology, and urban anthropology.
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