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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811562403321

Autore

Riley Philip

Titolo

Language, culture and identity : an ethnolinguistic perspective / / Philip Riley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-282-30950-1

9786612309502

1-4411-6878-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Advances in Sociolinguistics

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Language and culture

Ethnicity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The social knowledge system; Chapter Three: Identity; Chapter Four: The Stranger; Chapter Five: Reconfiguring identities; Chapter Six: Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How language shapes and is shaped by identity is a key topic within sociolinguistics. An individual's identity is constituted through a variety of different factors, including the social, linguistic, cultural and ethnic contexts. In this book, Philip Riley looks at these issues against the theoretical background of the sociology of knowledge, and ethnolinguistics, asking how we learn who we are and how social identities are negotiated. The idea of 'the foreigner' is central to this account, yet traditional views of the role of being socially 'other' largely neglect the role of language. Riley