Katerina Finnis
Biographic Data
| ID | 6742697 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katerina Finnis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katerina |
| FAMILY NAME | Finnis |
| SIGNATURE | FINNIS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lancashire |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Code-switching ‘in site’ for fantasizing identities
Sociolinguistic studies of ‘minority languages’ and bilingualism have increasingly moved away from a singular emphasis on issues of ethnicity that poses direct links between the use of a language and an ethnic or cultural identity towards exploring the construction of identities that are not firmly located in category-bound descriptions. In this paper, we draw on these latest insights to account for processes of identity construction in a bilingu…
Variation within a Greek-Cypriot community of practice in London
The past two decades have seen an explosion of interest in interactionally orientated perspectives on identity. The Community of Practice framework was employed by sociolinguists working within this paradigm because it firmly grounds identity in social practice seeing it as a process that speakers engage in during actual interactions. Interest in variation within communities of practice is growing, as the well-boundedness of linguistic and social…
Creating a ‘new space’
This paper, located in the traditions of Interactional Sociolinguistics (Gumperz 1982) and Social Constructionism (Berger and Luckmann 1966), explores code-switching and identity practices amongst British-born Greek-Cypriots. The speakers, members of a Greek-Cypriot youth organization, are fluent in English and (with varying levels of fluency) speak the Greek-Cypriot Dialect. Qualitative analyses of recordings of natural speech during youth commu…
Language Attitudes and Use in a Transplanted Setting
In this paper we explore language attitudes and use in the Greek Cypriot community in London, England. Our study is based on an earlier survey carried out in Nicosia, Cyprus and we compare attitudes to language and reported language use in the two communities. We thereby highlight the significance of sociolinguistic variables on similar groups of speakers. We further extend our investigation to include codeswitching practices in the London commun…
How code-switching mediates politeness
In this study we explore the three-way link between three topics which are usually studied independently in sociolinguistics, namely code-switching (CS), gender and politeness. Whilst steering clear of simplistic correlations between language and gender, we show how women in this community exploit CS in carrying out certain direct speech acts traditionally viewed as unfeminine. Conversational analysts often describe CS as a site for constructing …
Language Attitudes and Use in a Transplanted Setting
In this paper we explore language attitudes and use in the Greek Cypriot community in London, England. Our study is based on an earlier survey carried out in Nicosia, Cyprus and we compare attitudes to language and reported language use in the two communities. We thereby highlight the significance of sociolinguistic variables on similar groups of speakers. We further extend our investigation to include codeswitching practices in the London commun…
How code-switching mediates politeness
In this study we explore the three-way link between three topics which are usually studied independently in sociolinguistics, namely code-switching (CS), gender and politeness. Whilst steering clear of simplistic correlations between language and gender, we show how women in this community exploit CS in carrying out certain direct speech acts traditionally viewed as unfeminine. Conversational analysts often describe CS as a site for constructing …
Variation within a Greek-Cypriot community of practice in London
The past two decades have seen an explosion of interest in interactionally orientated perspectives on identity. The Community of Practice framework was employed by sociolinguists working within this paradigm because it firmly grounds identity in social practice seeing it as a process that speakers engage in during actual interactions. Interest in variation within communities of practice is growing, as the well-boundedness of linguistic and social…
How code-switching mediates politeness
In this study we explore the three-way link between three topics which are usually studied independently in sociolinguistics, namely code-switching (CS), gender and politeness. Whilst steering clear of simplistic correlations between language and gender, we show how women in this community exploit CS in carrying out certain direct speech acts traditionally viewed as unfeminine. Conversational analysts often describe CS as a site for constructing …
Language Attitudes and Use in a Transplanted Setting
In this paper we explore language attitudes and use in the Greek Cypriot community in London, England. Our study is based on an earlier survey carried out in Nicosia, Cyprus and we compare attitudes to language and reported language use in the two communities. We thereby highlight the significance of sociolinguistic variables on similar groups of speakers. We further extend our investigation to include codeswitching practices in the London commun…
Creating a ‘new space’
This paper, located in the traditions of Interactional Sociolinguistics (Gumperz 1982) and Social Constructionism (Berger and Luckmann 1966), explores code-switching and identity practices amongst British-born Greek-Cypriots. The speakers, members of a Greek-Cypriot youth organization, are fluent in English and (with varying levels of fluency) speak the Greek-Cypriot Dialect. Qualitative analyses of recordings of natural speech during youth commu…
Variation within a Greek-Cypriot community of practice in London
The past two decades have seen an explosion of interest in interactionally orientated perspectives on identity. The Community of Practice framework was employed by sociolinguists working within this paradigm because it firmly grounds identity in social practice seeing it as a process that speakers engage in during actual interactions. Interest in variation within communities of practice is growing, as the well-boundedness of linguistic and social…
Code-switching ‘in site’ for fantasizing identities
Sociolinguistic studies of ‘minority languages’ and bilingualism have increasingly moved away from a singular emphasis on issues of ethnicity that poses direct links between the use of a language and an ethnic or cultural identity towards exploring the construction of identities that are not firmly located in category-bound descriptions. In this paper, we draw on these latest insights to account for processes of identity construction in a bilingu…
Linguistics (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Code-switching (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Sociolinguistics (3 works)