--- title: "9 James Paul Gee Quotes - Famous Linguist (Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis)" description: "James Gee is a retired American researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b062/author-james-paul-gee-44261.jpg" --- ![Portrait of James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b062/author-james-paul-gee-44261.jpg) # James Paul Gee (1948) Linguist **9** quotes in **68** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet James Paul Gee is a linguist, best known for *Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis*. ## Quick Facts About James Paul Gee Born April 15, 1948 Profession Linguist Notable works Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis ## About James Paul Gee James Gee is a retired American researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy. Gee most recently held the position as the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University, originally appointed there in the Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education. Gee has previously been a faculty affiliate of the Games, Learning, and Society group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is a member of the National Academy of Education. ## Quotes by James Paul Gee > [Learning is a deep human need, like mating and eating, and like all such needs it is meant to be deeply pleasurable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-paul-gee/learning-is-a-deep-human-need-like-mating-and-eating-and-like-all/) [James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/) [Eating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eating/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/james-paul-gee-44261_eating_learning-is-a-deep-human-need-like-matin_1048057.png) > [“people like stories because they are good, not because they are true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-paul-gee/people-like-stories-because-they-are-good-not-because-they-are-true/) [James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/) [Stories](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/james-paul-gee-44261_stories_people-like-stories-because-they-are-goo_941825.png) > [“Our world is now so complex, our technology and science so powerful, and our problems so global and interconnected that we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-paul-gee/our-world-is-now-so-complex-our-technology-and-science-so-powerful/) [James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/) [Human intelligence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-intelligence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/james-paul-gee-44261_human-intelligence_our-world-is-now-so-complex-our-technolo_255381.jpg) > [Gamers co-author the games they play by the choices they make and how they choose to solve problems, since what they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-paul-gee/gamers-co-author-the-games-they-play-by-the-choices-they-make-and-how/) [James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/) [Choices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/james-paul-gee-44261_choices_gamers-co-author-the-games-they-play-by_1229533.png) > [Video games provide an easy lead-in to computer literacy. They can get you thinking like a video game designer and can even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-paul-gee/video-games-provide-an-easy-lead-in-to-computer-literacy-they-can-get/) [James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/) [Computer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/james-paul-gee-44261_computer_video-games-provide-an-easy-lead-in-to-c_2240704.png) > [“human intelligence and creativity, today more than ever, are tied to connecting—synchronizing—people, tools, texts, digital and social media, virtual spaces, and real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-paul-gee/human-intelligence-and-creativity-today-more-than-ever-are-tied-to/) [James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/) [Better world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/james-paul-gee-44261_better-world_human-intelligence-and-creativity-today_1560399.png) > [An academic discipline, or any other semiotic domain, for that matter, is not primarily content, in the sense of facts and principles.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-paul-gee/an-academic-discipline-or-any-other-semiotic-domain-for-that-matter/) [James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/) [Academic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/academic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/james-paul-gee-44261_academic_an-academic-discipline-or-any-other-semi_32511.png) > [“School is often based not on problem solving, which perforce involves actions and goals, but on learning information, facts, and formulas that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-paul-gee/school-is-often-based-not-on-problem-solving-which-perforce-involves/) [James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/james-paul-gee-44261_education_school-is-often-based-not-on-problem-sol_2136009.jpg) > [“Global warming, environmental degradation, global flows of economic speculation and risk taking, overpopulation, global debt, new viruses, terrorism and warfare, and political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-paul-gee/global-warming-environmental-degradation-global-flows-of-economic/) [James Paul Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/) [Big questions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-questions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/james-paul-gee-44261_big-questions_global-warming-environmental-degradation_1119748.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-paul-gee/#itemlist", "name": "James Paul Gee Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": 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