Language And Social Identity

Author : John J. Gumperz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521288975

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Language and Social Identity by John J. Gumperz Pdf

Throughout Western society there are now strong pressures for social and racial integration but, in spite of these, recent experience has shown that greater intergroup contact can actually reinforce social distinctions and ethnic stereotypes. The studies collected here examine, from a broad sociological perspective, the sorts of face-to-face verbal exchange that are characteristic of industrial societies, and the volume as a whole pointedly demonstrates the role played by communicative phenomena in establishing and reinforcing social identity. The method of analysis that has been adopted enables the authors to reveal and examine a centrally important but hitherto little discussed conversational mechanism: the subconscious processes of inference that result from situational factors, social presuppositions and discourse conventions. The theory of conversation and the method of analysis that inform the author's approach are discussed in the first two chapters, and the case studies themselves examine interviews, counselling sessions and similar formal exchanges involving contacts between a wide range of different speakers: South Asians, West Indians and native English speakers in Britain; English natives and Chinese in South-East Asia; Afro-Americans, Asians and native English speakers in the United States; and English and French speakers in Canada. The volume will be of importance to linguists, anthropologists, psychologists, and others with a professional interest in communication, and its findings will have far-reaching applications in industrial and community relations and in educational practice.

Author : Richard K. Blot
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015058207294

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Language and Social Identity by Richard K. Blot Pdf

Whenever we open our mouths to speak, we provide those who hear us, chosen interlocuters or mere bystanders, with a wealth of data, linguistic clues others use to position us within a specific social strata. Our particular uses of language mark us geographically, ethnically, by age or sex, and, especially in stratified societies, according to class or caste. This collection of papers by researchers in cultural and linguistic anthropology examine these concepts as well as many others. Linguists, anthropologists, and others concerned with the formal study of the social uses and functions of language are concerned with documenting the implications of such judging on the lives of various peoples around the world and among the classes within their own societies. What linguistic features of speech are used to form stereotypical impressions about the social identity (as well as the character) of others? How are linguistic features linked to ethnicity, to gender, to race, and to class? This collection of papers by researchers in cultural and linguistic anthropology examine these concepts as well as many others.

Author : John Edwards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139483285

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Language and Identity by John Edwards Pdf

The language we use forms an important part of our sense of who we are - of our identity. This book outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups - ethnic, national, religious and gender - and the language varieties important to each group. What is a language? What is a dialect? Are there such things as language 'rights'? Must every national group have its own unique language? How have languages, large and small, been used to spread religious ideas? Why have particular religious and linguistic 'markers' been so central, singly or in combination, to the ways in which we think about ourselves and others? Using a rich variety of examples, the book highlights the linkages among languages, dialects and identities, with special attention given to religious, ethnic and national allegiances.

Author : Peter Auer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110198508

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Style and Social Identities by Peter Auer Pdf

This volume presents an interactional perspective on linguistic variability that takes into account the construction of social identities through the formation of social communicative styles. It shows that style is a useful category in bridging the gap between single parameter variation and social identity. Social positioning, i.e., finding one's place in society, is one of its motivating forces. Various aspects of the expression of stylistic features are focused on, from language choice and linguistic variation in a narrow sense to practices of social categorization, pragmatics patterns, preferences for specific communicative genres, rhetorical practices including prosodic features, and aesthetic choices and preferences for specific forms of taste (looks, clothes, music, etc.). These various features of expression are connected to multimodal stylistic indices through talk; thus, styles emerge from discourse. Styles are adapted to changing contexts, and develop in the course of social processes. The analytical perspective chosen proposes an alternative to current approaches to variability under the influence of the so-called variationist paradigm.

Author : Donald L. Rubin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136690273

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Composing Social Identity in Written Language by Donald L. Rubin Pdf

This volume constitutes a unique contribution to the literature on literacy and culture in several respects. It links together aspects of social variation that have not often been thus juxtaposed: ethnicity/nationality, gender, and participant role relations. The unifying theme of this collection of papers is that all of these factors are aspects of writers' identities -- identities which are simultaneously expressed and constructed in text. The topic of social identity and writing can be approached from a variety of scholarly avenues, including humanistic, critical, and historical perspectives. The papers in the present volume make reference to and contribute to such humanistic perspectives; however, this book lies squarely within the tradition of social science. It draws primarily upon the disciplines of linguistics, discourse analysis, anthropology, social and cognitive psychology, and education studies. The constituent topics of social identity, style, and writing themselves lie at the intersections of several related fields of scholarship. Writing remains of peak interest to educators from many fields, and is still a "hot" topic. The instructional ramifications of the particular issues addressed in this volume are of vital concern to educational systems adjusting to the realities of our multicultural society. This publication, therefore, should attract a substantial and diverse readership of scholars, educators, and policymakers affiliated with many fields including applied linguistics, composition and rhetoric, communication studies, dialect studies, discourse analysis, English composition, English/language arts education, ethnic studies, language behavior, literacy, sociolinguistics, stylistics, women's studies, and writing research and instruction.

Author : J. Joseph
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230503427

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Language and Identity by J. Joseph Pdf

Offering a uniquely broad-based overview of the role of language choice in the construction of national, ethnic and religious identity, this textbook examines a wide range of specific cases from various parts of the world in order to arrive at some general principles concerning the links between language and identity. It will benefit students and researchers in a wide range of fields where identity is an important issue and who currently lack a single source to turn to for an overview of sociolinguistics.

Author : P. Seargeant,C. Tagg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137029317

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The Language of Social Media by P. Seargeant,C. Tagg Pdf

This timely book examines language on social media sites including Facebook and Twitter. Studies from leading language researchers, and experts on social media, explore how social media is having an impact on how we relate to each other, the communities we live in, and the way we present a sense of self in twenty-first century society.

Author : Fathiya Al Rashdi,Sandhya Rao Mehta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000613056

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Language and Identity in the Arab World by Fathiya Al Rashdi,Sandhya Rao Mehta Pdf

Language and Identity in the Arab World explores the inextricable link between language and identity, referring particularly to the Arab world. Spanning Indonesia to the United States, the Arab world is here imagined as a continually changing one, with the Arab diaspora asserting its linguistic identity across the world. Crucial questions on transforming linguistic landscapes, the role and implications of migration, and the impact of technology on language use are explored by established and emerging scholars in the field of applied and socio-linguistics. The book asks such crucial questions as how language contact affects or transforms identity, how language reflects changing identities among migrant communities, and how language choices contribute to identity construction in social media. As well as appreciating the breadth and scope of the Arab world, this anthology focuses on the transformative role of language within indigenous and migrant communities as they negotiate between their heritage languages and those spoken by the wider society. Investigating the ways in which identity continues to be imagined and re-constructed in and among Arab communities, this book is indispensable to students, teachers, and anyone who is interested in language contact, linguistic landscapes, and minority language retention as well as the intersections of language and technology.

Author : Philip Riley
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780826486295

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Language, Culture and Identity by Philip Riley Pdf

Examines how language shapes and is shaped by our identity.

Author : Bonny Norton
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783090570

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Identity and Language Learning by Bonny Norton Pdf

Identity and Language Learning draws on a longitudinal case study of immigrant women in Canada to develop new ideas about identity, investment, and imagined communities in the field of language learning and teaching. Bonny Norton demonstrates that a poststructuralist conception of identity as multiple, a site of struggle, and subject to change across time and place is highly productive for understanding language learning. Her sociological construct of investment is an important complement to psychological theories of motivation. The implications for language teaching and teacher education are profound. Now including a new, comprehensive Introduction as well as an Afterword by Claire Kramsch, this second edition addresses the following central questions: - Under what conditions do language learners speak, listen, read and write? - How are relations of power implicated in the negotiation of identity? - How can teachers address the investments and imagined identities of learners? The book integrates research, theory, and classroom practice, and is essential reading for students, teachers and researchers in the fields of language learning and teaching, TESOL, applied linguistics and literacy.

Author : Anna Duszak
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1588112055

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Us and Others by Anna Duszak Pdf

A look at the various cognitive, social, and linguistic aspects of how social identities are constructed, forgrounded and redefined in interaction. Concepts and methodologies are taken from studies in language variation and change, multilingualism, conversation analysis, genre analysis, sociolinguistics, critical discourse analysis, as well as translation studies and applied linguistics.

Author : John R. Edwards
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985-01
Category : Ethnicity
ISBN : 0631142339

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Language, Society, and Identity by John R. Edwards Pdf

Author : Jane Jackson
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015082766893

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Language, Identity, and Study Abroad by Jane Jackson Pdf

This book is based on the premise that student sojourners and educators can benefit from a deeper understanding of the language, identity, and cultural factors that impact on the development of intercultural communicative competence and intercultural personhood.

Author : William B. Gudykunst
Publisher : Multilingual Matters Limited
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Anthropological linguistics
ISBN : UOM:39015014210986

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Language and Ethnic Identity by William B. Gudykunst Pdf

This volume demonstrates that the study of language and ethnic identity is a dynamic and rigorous research area within the study of the social psychology of language. The research presented here demonstrates that social and ethnolinguistic identity theories have the scope necessary to explain the influence of ethnic identity on such diverse processes as language attitudes, second language competence, sociolinguistic stereotypes, perceived ethnolinguistic vitality, and speech accommodation.

Author : Peter Auer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3110190818

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Style and Social Identities by Peter Auer Pdf

Why do languages allow us to say 'the same thing' in so many different ways? This volume explores how variability in language is exploited (and maintained) in order to perform. It shows that variable features cluster together in socially meaningful ways when considered as social (communicative) styles linked to social identities.