Localizing power and solidarity
Pronoun alternation at an all-female police station and a feminist crisis intervention center in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2910374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ana Cristina Ostermann (0000-0001-9017-6314, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 351-381 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| 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/s0047404503323036 |
| OpenAlex | W2117404248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article brings the study of language to the social phenomenon of gender-related violence as it is currently being dealt with in institutional settings. It investigates the social significance of 2nd person pronoun variation and alternation in 26 professional-victim interactions in two parallel institutions created to address violence against women in Brazil: a police station with an all-female staff, and a feminist crisis intervention center. A quantitative analysis of patterns of use is complemented by a qualitative analysis of the interactional strategies of 2nd person pronoun alternation in the two settings. Pronoun switching is innovatively analyzed under the theory of code alternation developed by Auer 1995. The qualitative analysis demonstrates how pronoun alternation functions as a contextualization cue in face-to-face interactions. In particular, it shows the different ways in which pronoun alternation is used to contextualize phenomena such as preference organization and changes in frames and footings, and locally to exercise power and/or solidarity
Alternation (linguistics) · Contextualization · Intervention (counseling) · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Pronoun · Sociology · Solidarity · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.61 |
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| Citation span | 2003 - 2024 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |