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Another motive for metalinguistic disagreement

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ID21335459
AuthorsAlex Davies (0000-0001-9978-0665, University of Tartu, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume64
Issue8
Pages861-882
Publication date2021-09-14
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-174X • E-ISSN: 1502-3923
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0020174x.2020.1712229
OpenAlexW3003046279
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited31

It has become standard to conceive of metalinguistic disagreement as motivated by a form of negotiation, aimed at reaching consensus because of the practical consequences of using a word with one content rather than another. This paper presents an alternative motive for expressing and pursuing metalinguistic disagreement. In using words with given criteria, we betray our location amongst social categories or groups. Because of this, metalinguistic disagreement can be used as a stage upon which to perform a social identity. The ways in which metalinguistic disagreements motivated in this way diverge in character from metalinguistic negotiations are described, as are several consequences of the existence of metalinguistic disagreements motivated in this way

Cognitive psychology · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Metalinguistic awareness · Metalinguistics · Negotiation · Sociology · Teaching method · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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