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Gumperz adopts a synchronic, interactionist approach which

focuses on well-defined speech communities in the following ways:

--Sociolinguistics is defined as language usage that reflects

societal norms. <[LINK]>

• -Social Context is integral to theorizing. <[LINK]>
• -The object of study is verbal interaction. <[LINK]>
• -the efficacy of historical approaches is questionable,

therefore synchronic studies are required <[LINK]>

--The speech community is a "socially defined universe"

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