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Positioning the Self and Others

Kate, Beeching; Ghezzi, Chiara; Molinelli, Piera

Authors

Beeching Kate

Chiara Ghezzi

Piera Molinelli



Contributors

Kate Beeching
Editor

Chiara Ghezzi
Editor

Piera Molinelli
Editor

Abstract

Though positioning has been addressed in social psychology and in identity construction, less attention has been paid to the specific linguistic markers which are drawn upon in discourse to position the self and other(s). This volume focusses on address terms, pragmatic markers, code switching/choice and orthography, the indexicalities of which are explored in different communicative activities.
The volume is unusual in: i) the range of languages which are covered: Bergamasco, Brazilian Portuguese, English, Finnish, French, Georgian, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish and Swedish; ii) the inclusion of different communicative settings and text-types: workplace emails, everyday and institutional conversations, interviews, migrant narratives, radio phone-ins, dyadic and group settings, road-signs, service encounters; iii) its consideration of both synchronic and diachronic factors; iv) its mix of theoretical and methodological approaches.
The volume illustrates some of the linguistic means speakers draw on to position themselves and others and hopes to stimulate further research studies in this vein.

Citation

Kate, B., Ghezzi, C., & Molinelli, P. (2018). K. Beeching, C. Ghezzi, & P. Molinelli (Eds.), Positioning the Self and Others. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Book Type Authored Book
Publication Date Jul 1, 2018
Deposit Date Aug 2, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 292
Series Title Pragmatics and Beyond New Series
ISBN 9789027201126
Keywords positioning, self, others
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/865279
Publisher URL https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.292


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