Discourse and Identity

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ID23398378
EditorsA De Fina (0000-0002-0007-972X), Deborah Schiffrin, Michael Bamberg
Year2006
Publication date2006-06-29
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueDiscourse and Identity (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511584459
OpenAlexW4300650361
Open LibraryOL34444513M
ISBN9780511584459
LanguageEN
Citations received197

The relationship between language, discourse and identity has always been a major area of sociolinguistic investigation. In more recent times, the field has been revolutionized as previous models - which assumed our identities to be based on stable relationships between linguistic and social variables - have been challenged by pioneering new approaches to the topic. This volume brings together a team of leading experts to explore discourse in a range of social contexts. By applying a variety of analytical tools and concepts, the contributors show how we build images of ourselves through language, how society moulds us into different categories, and how we negotiate our membership of those categories. Drawing on numerous interactional settings (the workplace; medical interviews; education), in a variety of genres (narrative; conversation; interviews), and amongst different communities (immigrants; patients; adolescents; teachers), this revealing volume sheds light on how our social practices can help to shape our identities.

Aesthetics · Conversation · Discourse analysis · Field (mathematics) · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Narrative · Negotiation · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology · 306.44 · Identity (Psychology) · P40 .d496 2006 · Social aspects · Sociolinguistics

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