I Want to Full My Tank
An Autoethnographic Reflection on the Use of Language and the Identity at Risk
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2408725 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aldo Merlino |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 94-99 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708614565452 |
| OpenAlex | W2023202190 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
In this autoethnographical essay, I focus on the difficulties related to improper use of a second language. I show how such misuse contributes to the attribution of personality qualities to the speaker and, consequently, how the identity of the speaker gets lost and replaced by a new (acoustic) identity. Such acoustic identity is given by pragmatic failures that emerge when people speak a second language
Aesthetics · Art · Attribution · Focus (optics · Identity (music · Linguistics · Personality · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Philosophy · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |