Sean Nonnenmacher
Biographic Data
| ID | 753783 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Nonnenmacher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Nonnenmacher |
| SIGNATURE | NONNENMACHER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5246-200X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Every word is a world”: Loanword ideologies and linguistic purism in post-Soviet Armenia
Through the analysis of materials such as online articles, blogs, and radio broadcasts, this paper investigates linguistic purism toward Russian and English loanwords in the understudied context of post-Soviet Armenia. Our analysis finds that public commentators categorize potential loanwords as “borrowings” (փոխառություն [phokhaṛuthyun]) if acceptable and “foreignisms” (օտարաբանություն [ōtarabanuthyun]) if unacceptable, while also comparing thes…
Affective distress and heteronormative futurity in American puberty video discourse
Since their inception in the years following World War II, American puberty videos have discursively manufactured affective distress in several generations of on-screen children. The patterns of talk found in eight films from 1947 to 2016 demonstrate that affect may de-link itself from specific talk and diffuse into a broader discourse through the recirculation of parallel structures in new semiotic spaces. I use queer critical discourse analysis…
Gen Z GSAs: Trans-Affirming and Racially Inclusive Gender-Sexuality Alliances in Secondary Schools
Background: Within the context of high school student clubs, the acronym “GSA” originally stood for “Gay-Straight Alliance.” It described gay and straight youth working as allies to learn about themselves and each other’s lives and to navigate and address interpersonal and institutional anti-LGBTQ school policies and practices. Today, the acronym is commonly parsed by Gen Z members as “Gender-Sexuality Alliance” to better represent the presence a…
Every word is a world”: Loanword ideologies and linguistic purism in post-Soviet Armenia
Through the analysis of materials such as online articles, blogs, and radio broadcasts, this paper investigates linguistic purism toward Russian and English loanwords in the understudied context of post-Soviet Armenia. Our analysis finds that public commentators categorize potential loanwords as “borrowings” (փոխառություն [phokhaṛuthyun]) if acceptable and “foreignisms” (օտարաբանություն [ōtarabanuthyun]) if unacceptable, while also comparing thes…
Affective distress and heteronormative futurity in American puberty video discourse
Since their inception in the years following World War II, American puberty videos have discursively manufactured affective distress in several generations of on-screen children. The patterns of talk found in eight films from 1947 to 2016 demonstrate that affect may de-link itself from specific talk and diffuse into a broader discourse through the recirculation of parallel structures in new semiotic spaces. I use queer critical discourse analysis…
Gen Z GSAs: Trans-Affirming and Racially Inclusive Gender-Sexuality Alliances in Secondary Schools
Background: Within the context of high school student clubs, the acronym “GSA” originally stood for “Gay-Straight Alliance.” It described gay and straight youth working as allies to learn about themselves and each other’s lives and to navigate and address interpersonal and institutional anti-LGBTQ school policies and practices. Today, the acronym is commonly parsed by Gen Z members as “Gender-Sexuality Alliance” to better represent the presence a…
Every word is a world”: Loanword ideologies and linguistic purism in post-Soviet Armenia
Through the analysis of materials such as online articles, blogs, and radio broadcasts, this paper investigates linguistic purism toward Russian and English loanwords in the understudied context of post-Soviet Armenia. Our analysis finds that public commentators categorize potential loanwords as “borrowings” (փոխառություն [phokhaṛuthyun]) if acceptable and “foreignisms” (օտարաբանություն [ōtarabanuthyun]) if unacceptable, while also comparing thes…
Affective distress and heteronormative futurity in American puberty video discourse
Since their inception in the years following World War II, American puberty videos have discursively manufactured affective distress in several generations of on-screen children. The patterns of talk found in eight films from 1947 to 2016 demonstrate that affect may de-link itself from specific talk and diffuse into a broader discourse through the recirculation of parallel structures in new semiotic spaces. I use queer critical discourse analysis…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Heteronormativity (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 works) · Alliance (1 works) · Argumentation theory (1 works)