Us and others : social identities across languages, discourses and cultures / / edited by Anna Duszak

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827159203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., 2002
• ISBN: 1-282-16185-7; 9786612161858; 90-272-9736-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (530 p.)
• Collana: Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser., v. 98
• Altri autori (Persone): DuszakAnna
• Disciplina: 302.4
• Soggetti: Group identity; Sociolinguistics; Language and culture
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Us and Others -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Contents -- Us and Others: An introduction -- Part I: Discourses in space -- Grammar and function of we -- Between us and them in Chinese -- Viewpoint and in/out-group membership for Japanese -- The space in identity -- Constructing identities in language learning MOOs -- Part II: Discourses in polyphony -- Ethnolects as in-group varieties -- The construction of identity and group boundaries in Catalan Spanish -- Code-switching, code-crossing, and identity construction in a society in transition, South Africa -- Part III: Discourses of transition -- Words and social identities -- Who is 'us' in Russian political discourse -- We and They in Polish political discourse -- The communicative construction of group relationships -- Part IV: Discourses of fear -- Identity by way of demarcation - the discourse on the expansion of the European Union in Austria's leading daily papers -- Discourse about them -- Persecution and identity conflicts -- Strategic alignment in the discourse of Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo -- Part V: Discourses of challenge -- Humour as a discursive boundary marker in social interaction -- Complimenting women in Turkish -- Identity in service interactions -- Part VI: Discourses through suppression -- The regime ; of the other -- Ideological binarism in the identities of native and non-native English speakers -- Collapse of the us/them structure in persons with brain dysfunctions -- List of contributors -- Index -- Pragmatics and Beyond New Series.
• Sommario/riassunto: It is natural for people to make the distinction between in-group (Us) and out-group members (Others). What is it that brings people together, or keeps them apart? Ethnicity, nationality, professional expertise or life style? And, above all, what is the role of language in communicating solidarity and detachment?The papers in this volume look at the various cognitive, social, and linguistic aspects of how social identities are constructed, foregrounded 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. A wide range of languages is brought into focus in a variety of situational, social and discursive environments. The book is addressed to scholars and students of linguistics and related areas of social communication studies.