Code-switching and the construction of ethnic identity in a community of practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2858542 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A De Fina (0000-0002-0007-972X, Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 03 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404507070182 |
| OpenAlex | W2070885732 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 80 |
| References cited | 25 |
In the past twenty years the existence of a sense of ethnic belonging among immigrant groups of European ancestry in the United States has become the focus of frequent debates and polemics. This article argues that ethnicity cannot be understood if it is abstracted from concrete social practices, and that analyses of this construct need to be based on ethnographic observation and on the study of actual talk in interaction. This interactionally oriented perspective is taken to present an analysis of how Italian ethnicity is constructed as a central element in the collective identity of an all-male card playing club. Linguistic strategies, particularly code-switching, are central in this construction, but their role becomes apparent only when language use is analyzed within significant practices in the life of the club. Code-switching into Italian is used as an important index of ethnic affiliation in socialization practices related to the game and in official discourse addressed by the president to club members through the association of the language with central domains of activity.I would like to thank two anonymous reviewers and the editor of this journal, Barbara Johnstone, for their insightful suggestions, which have substantially contributed to the shaping of this article
Aesthetics · Club · Code (set theory) · Code-switching · Collective identity · Construct (python library) · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Social constructionism · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 80 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,21 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 67 |