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The Discursive Construction of Identities On- and Offline
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Birte Bös
Bös, Birte
Birte
Bös
University of Duisburg-Essen
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Sonja Kleinke
Kleinke, Sonja
Sonja
Kleinke
University of Heidelberg
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Sandra Mollin
Mollin, Sandra
Sandra
Mollin
University of Heidelberg
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Nuria Hernández
Hernández, Nuria
Nuria
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University of Duisburg-Essen
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Introduction
Identity construction in complex discourse contexts
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Sonja Kleinke
Kleinke, Sonja
Sonja
Kleinke
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2
A01
Nuria Hernández
Hernández, Nuria
Nuria
Hernández
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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A01
Birte Bös
Bös, Birte
Birte
Bös
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Part I. Personal identities
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Great pretenders
The phenomenon of impersonating (pseudo-)historical personae in medieval blogs, or: Blogging for someone else’s fame?
1
A01
Monika Kirner-Ludwig
Kirner-Ludwig, Monika
Monika
Kirner-Ludwig
Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck
20
(un)authenticity
20
bald-faced lying
20
community of practice
20
fake profile
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fictional profile
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Middle English
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pseudo-archaism
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self
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This paper deals with the contradictory phenomenon of fake profiles within the blogosphere, i.e. blogger profiles that are overtly fictional in specific. We encounter these in the medieval weblog Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog, launched in 2006 by Brantley Bryant, then Associate Professor of Medieval Literature at Sonoma State University. During the interaction with other users within the boundaries of this blog, Bryant impersonates the late 14th century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer and creates pseudo-personal narratives that blend in both pieces of his real-life professional self as well as his pseudo-self (henceforth LeVostreGC). The main tool employed by himself and other users in playing the roles of (fictional) historical personae so as to uphold the fictional sphere and roleplay is the shared language code of pseudo-archaic English. This paper discusses how the co-bloggers form a community of practice (CoP), while they enjoy both the privacy and the secrecy of the medieval blog. The fact that participants need very specific, historio-linguistic knowledge in order to access this community (and ‘play the game’) contributes immensely to the makeup and behavior within it: the community reinforces its members’ identities as medievalists and values their command of knowledge generally perceived as arcane outside the community. As shall be argued, the language code(s) employed in the blog are the key to entering and acting within this CoP.
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Constructing personal identities online
Self-disclosure in popular blogs
1
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Elise Salonen
Salonen, Elise
Elise
Salonen
University of Helsinki, Finland
20
digital discourse
20
identity
20
I-statements
20
self-disclosure
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The current study aims to discern how identities are built within a sample of ten popular personal blogs and to depict the varieties of identities that emerge. The focus is placed on the diversity of topics disclosed by the bloggers (the breadth of self-disclosure) and the context-bound personal identities that are constructed through this process. The material employs Gee’s (2011) classification of I-statements and Bucholtz and Hall’s (2005, 2008) theorization of interaction and identity. The analysis shows that the topics disclosed in the blogs elucidate facets of online identity supported and created by interaction with the audience, and that a close examination of self-disclosure provides a fruitful approach to studying online identity construction.
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The development of identity in Batman comics
The
development of identity in Batman comics
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Claudia Enzweiler
Enzweiler, Claudia
Claudia
Enzweiler
University of Vechta, Germany
20
Batman
20
comics
20
conversation analysis
20
fiction
20
identity
20
interaction
20
membership categorization
20
relationality
20
superhero
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This chapter analyses dialogues in the American comic book series Batman for constructions of identity in fictional interaction. Far from remaining static, the characters develop as the plot progresses and their language reflects these changes. Although there are linguistic expectations for the members of Batman’s team, these are not fulfilled by every character all the time. The analyses show how characters do or do not meet them. The identities are continuously shifting in reaction to the ongoing talk and one part of a participant’s self is usually foregrounded in any given exchange. Even though some comic book issues in my data were published over a decade apart by different staff, each character is linguistically consistent enough to be recognizable, but simultaneously refashioned enough to befit the new identity.
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Part II. Group identities
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Code-switching and identity construction in WhatsApp
Evidence from a (digital) community of practice
1
A01
Michael Wentker
Wentker, Michael
Michael
Wentker
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
20
code-switching
20
community of practice
20
digital discourse
20
group identity
20
markedness model
20
social networks
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WhatsApp
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This paper examines how the use of WhatsApp promotes the linguistic construction of group identity and social meaning in a close-knit community of practice of six German university students. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of a private WhatsApp group chat, supported by the findings from a group-specific questionnaire, suggests that code-switching between English and German proves a powerful resource of group identity construction. The code-switches fulfil a variety of functions and are shown to be the overall unmarked choice in the group. Governed by the technical and social factors of WhatsApp as a multi-modal digital discourse mode, the CofP members draw on various verbal strategies and linguistic structures in order to negotiate social relationships and facets of group identity online.
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Identity and metapragmatic acts in a student forum discussion thread
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Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen
Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa
Sanna-Kaisa
Tanskanen
University of Helsinki, Finland
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discussion forum
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evaluation
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identity construction
20
metapragmatic acts
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negotiation
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online interaction
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positioning
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self-positioning
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Starting with the idea that identity is dynamic, interactive and contextualised, the present study offers a close reading of a discussion thread from an online student discussion forum. During the discussion, the interactants both construct identity with language and use identity in order to frame and evaluate their own and others’ contributions. The discussion turns into a metapragmatic debate in which the interactants move away from the topic of the discussion to talk about who is allowed to say what on the topic. The analysis shows how a participant whose identity is flexible is challenged by the other participants, for whom her identity is defined from the beginning, as she self-positions as an outsider. Her contributions are evaluated against this positioning, and for the others her identity resists change.
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Indeterminate us and them : The complexities of referentiality, identity and group construction in a public online discussion
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A01
Sonja Kleinke
Kleinke, Sonja
Sonja
Kleinke
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2
A01
Birte Bös
Bös, Birte
Birte
Bös
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
20
cognitive domains
20
double indexicality
20
indeterminate first- and third-person-plural pronouns
20
power
20
predications
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referentiality
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salience
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This paper reinvestigates the polarizing effects of indeterminate first- and third-person plural pronouns and determiners (i.e. the we-set and the they-set) from a Digital Discourse perspective. Combining Critical Discourse Analysis and a cognitive-linguistic approach, it tackles the double-indexical nature of the use of the we-set and the they-set by the participants of the public discussion forum UK Debate. Our analysis of a sample thread considers both the referential and the propositional level and shows how users construct and negotiate potential in- and out-group referents at different degrees of specificity and as ranging between immediate discourse participants and external referents. Our analysis shows how major cognitive domains are triggered and how the specific selections of predications as cognitive access points form oscillating clusters of salient in- and out-group attributes. In this way, the analysis also aims to reveal manifestations of more permanent cultural and mental models.
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“no prizes to anybody spotting my typo, by the way”
The interplay between criticism and identity management in the comments sections on newspaper websites
1
A01
Monika Eller
Eller, Monika
Monika
Eller
University of Heidelberg, Germany
20
criticism
20
digital discourse
20
disagreement
20
identity construction
20
impoliteness
20
mass media
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reader response
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user-generated content
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Criticising others not only seems to be one of the core functions of comments posted on newspaper websites, but also an intriguing means to perform identity work. This paper therefore consists of a fine-grained analysis of the discursive construction of identity in critical comments posted on the websites of the Guardian and the Times. Drawing on the framework proposed by Bucholtz and Hall (2005, 2010), the study explores how the users construe and negotiate not only the identity of the person criticised in their comments, but also their own. Focusing on criticism targeting the journalist and prior commenters, it reveals how criticism can be used to foreground certain identity aspects and uncovers the different strategies employed for this purpose.
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Part III. Collective identities
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The use of face-threatening acts in the construction of in- and out-group identities in British parliamentary debates
The
use of face-threatening acts in the construction of in- and out-group identities in British parliamentary debates
1
A01
Sandra Mollin
Mollin, Sandra
Sandra
Mollin
University of Heidelberg, Germany
20
face-threatening acts
20
group identity
20
House of Commons
20
identity construction
20
impoliteness
20
parliament
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Identity construction is group membership construction in that humans bring their individual selves into being by declaring and performing their belonging to in-groups which are constructed in contrast to out-groups, as suggested in Tajfel’s theory of social identity. In parliamentary discourse, the establishment and reinforcement of in- and out-group identities is particularly important, since parliamentary discourse represents an institutionalized arguing game of ‘us’ versus ‘them’ (between political parties). One decisive way in which these group identities are construed and maintained is through the use of face-threatening acts (FTAs), analyzed here in British House of Commons debates on health policy. A taxonomy of FTAs in this context is developed, allowing for an analysis of addressers and addressees, and close interpretation of examples leads to the conclusion that FTAs are used to denigrate the out-group and strengthen in-group identification at the same time.
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“And you know, Jeremy, my father came from a very poor background indeed”
Collective identities and the private-public interface in political discourse
1
A01
Anita Fetzer
Fetzer, Anita
Anita
Fetzer
University of Augsburg, Germany
20
contextualisation
20
decontextualisation discourse genre
20
discursive construction
20
entextualisation
20
hybridity
20
political discourse
20
private-public interface
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recontextualisation
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This chapter examines the discursive construction of identity in political discourse and considers collective identities as the default in that context. It utilises an integrated approach informed by interactional sociolinguistics and discourse pragmatics. Departing from the premise that discursive identities are co-constructed, reconstructed and – possibly – deconstructed in and through the process of communication, it focuses on those contexts in which political agents depart from the default by entextualising non-collective identities, e.g., private-domain-anchored family person or ordinary citizen. The ‘doing’ and ‘undoing’ of discursive identities in discourse is reflected in the importation of private-domain-anchored communicative styles and genres, such as colloquial expressions and small stories, contributing to the ongoing process of hybridisation of institutional discourse in general and political discourse in particular. The discursive construction, re- and deconstruction of identities in political discourse is a multifaceted endeavour which exploits the structural, pragmatic and cognitive constraints of a discourse genre as well as those of institution and society.
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Nations as persons
Collective identities in conflict
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A01
Andreas Musolff
Musolff, Andreas
Andreas
Musolff
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
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body politic
20
conflict communication
20
face
20
identity
20
Israel
20
metaphor
20
Palestine
20
scenario
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United Nations
01
The paper analyses the construal of collective identities in the Middle East conflict, with special regard to the nation-as-person metaphor. This metaphor has been highlighted by proponents of Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Critical Metaphor Analysis as being instrumental in conceptualizing collective political entities as (pseudo-)personal identities. On the other hand, it has been critically argued that the nation-as-person metaphor should not be over-generalized and it has even been condemned as a fallacious theoretical construct. In view of the metaphor’s controversial status, the paper studies a corpus of ten speeches delivered by the Israeli and Palestinian political leaders B. Netanyahu and M. Abbas to the UN General assemblies in the period 2011–2015. Instances of emphatic use and enactment of the nation-as-person metaphor by the speakers are analysed in detail for their contextual implications and their function in collective identity-construction. The main finding is that whilst the nation-as-person metaphor is not ubiquitous in a statistical sense, it informs the fundamental pragmatic stance of the speakers as personifications of their nations’ collective identities vis-à-vis other nations. In conclusion, it is argued that such collective identity construction both expresses and shapes the progress of conflict communication.
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Index
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The Discursive Construction of Identities On- and Offline
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Personal - group - collective
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dapsac.78
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https://benjamins.com
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https://benjamins.com/catalog/dapsac.78
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Birte Bös
Bös, Birte
Birte
Bös
University of Duisburg-Essen
2
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Sonja Kleinke
Kleinke, Sonja
Sonja
Kleinke
University of Heidelberg
3
B01
Sandra Mollin
Mollin, Sandra
Sandra
Mollin
University of Heidelberg
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B01
Nuria Hernández
Hernández, Nuria
Nuria
Hernández
University of Duisburg-Essen
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eng
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COMM.CGEN
Communication Studies
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LIN.DISC
Discourse studies
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Pragmatics
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Introduction
Identity construction in complex discourse contexts
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Sonja Kleinke
Kleinke, Sonja
Sonja
Kleinke
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2
A01
Nuria Hernández
Hernández, Nuria
Nuria
Hernández
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Birte Bös
Bös, Birte
Birte
Bös
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Great pretenders
The phenomenon of impersonating (pseudo-)historical personae in medieval blogs, or: Blogging for someone else’s fame?
1
A01
Monika Kirner-Ludwig
Kirner-Ludwig, Monika
Monika
Kirner-Ludwig
Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck
20
(un)authenticity
20
bald-faced lying
20
community of practice
20
fake profile
20
fictional profile
20
Geoffrey Chaucer
20
Middle English
20
pseudo-archaism
20
self
01
This paper deals with the contradictory phenomenon of fake profiles within the blogosphere, i.e. blogger profiles that are overtly fictional in specific. We encounter these in the medieval weblog Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog, launched in 2006 by Brantley Bryant, then Associate Professor of Medieval Literature at Sonoma State University. During the interaction with other users within the boundaries of this blog, Bryant impersonates the late 14th century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer and creates pseudo-personal narratives that blend in both pieces of his real-life professional self as well as his pseudo-self (henceforth LeVostreGC). The main tool employed by himself and other users in playing the roles of (fictional) historical personae so as to uphold the fictional sphere and roleplay is the shared language code of pseudo-archaic English. This paper discusses how the co-bloggers form a community of practice (CoP), while they enjoy both the privacy and the secrecy of the medieval blog. The fact that participants need very specific, historio-linguistic knowledge in order to access this community (and ‘play the game’) contributes immensely to the makeup and behavior within it: the community reinforces its members’ identities as medievalists and values their command of knowledge generally perceived as arcane outside the community. As shall be argued, the language code(s) employed in the blog are the key to entering and acting within this CoP.
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Constructing personal identities online
Self-disclosure in popular blogs
1
A01
Elise Salonen
Salonen, Elise
Elise
Salonen
University of Helsinki, Finland
20
digital discourse
20
identity
20
I-statements
20
self-disclosure
01
The current study aims to discern how identities are built within a sample of ten popular personal blogs and to depict the varieties of identities that emerge. The focus is placed on the diversity of topics disclosed by the bloggers (the breadth of self-disclosure) and the context-bound personal identities that are constructed through this process. The material employs Gee’s (2011) classification of I-statements and Bucholtz and Hall’s (2005, 2008) theorization of interaction and identity. The analysis shows that the topics disclosed in the blogs elucidate facets of online identity supported and created by interaction with the audience, and that a close examination of self-disclosure provides a fruitful approach to studying online identity construction.
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The development of identity in Batman comics
The
development of identity in Batman comics
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Claudia Enzweiler
Enzweiler, Claudia
Claudia
Enzweiler
University of Vechta, Germany
20
Batman
20
comics
20
conversation analysis
20
fiction
20
identity
20
interaction
20
membership categorization
20
relationality
20
superhero
01
This chapter analyses dialogues in the American comic book series Batman for constructions of identity in fictional interaction. Far from remaining static, the characters develop as the plot progresses and their language reflects these changes. Although there are linguistic expectations for the members of Batman’s team, these are not fulfilled by every character all the time. The analyses show how characters do or do not meet them. The identities are continuously shifting in reaction to the ongoing talk and one part of a participant’s self is usually foregrounded in any given exchange. Even though some comic book issues in my data were published over a decade apart by different staff, each character is linguistically consistent enough to be recognizable, but simultaneously refashioned enough to befit the new identity.
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Chapter
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Code-switching and identity construction in WhatsApp
Evidence from a (digital) community of practice
1
A01
Michael Wentker
Wentker, Michael
Michael
Wentker
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
20
code-switching
20
community of practice
20
digital discourse
20
group identity
20
markedness model
20
social networks
20
WhatsApp
01
This paper examines how the use of WhatsApp promotes the linguistic construction of group identity and social meaning in a close-knit community of practice of six German university students. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of a private WhatsApp group chat, supported by the findings from a group-specific questionnaire, suggests that code-switching between English and German proves a powerful resource of group identity construction. The code-switches fulfil a variety of functions and are shown to be the overall unmarked choice in the group. Governed by the technical and social factors of WhatsApp as a multi-modal digital discourse mode, the CofP members draw on various verbal strategies and linguistic structures in order to negotiate social relationships and facets of group identity online.
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Identity and metapragmatic acts in a student forum discussion thread
1
A01
Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen
Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa
Sanna-Kaisa
Tanskanen
University of Helsinki, Finland
20
discussion forum
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evaluation
20
identity construction
20
metapragmatic acts
20
negotiation
20
online interaction
20
positioning
20
self-positioning
01
Starting with the idea that identity is dynamic, interactive and contextualised, the present study offers a close reading of a discussion thread from an online student discussion forum. During the discussion, the interactants both construct identity with language and use identity in order to frame and evaluate their own and others’ contributions. The discussion turns into a metapragmatic debate in which the interactants move away from the topic of the discussion to talk about who is allowed to say what on the topic. The analysis shows how a participant whose identity is flexible is challenged by the other participants, for whom her identity is defined from the beginning, as she self-positions as an outsider. Her contributions are evaluated against this positioning, and for the others her identity resists change.
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Indeterminate us and them : The complexities of referentiality, identity and group construction in a public online discussion
1
A01
Sonja Kleinke
Kleinke, Sonja
Sonja
Kleinke
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2
A01
Birte Bös
Bös, Birte
Birte
Bös
University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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cognitive domains
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double indexicality
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indeterminate first- and third-person-plural pronouns
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power
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predications
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referentiality
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salience
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This paper reinvestigates the polarizing effects of indeterminate first- and third-person plural pronouns and determiners (i.e. the we-set and the they-set) from a Digital Discourse perspective. Combining Critical Discourse Analysis and a cognitive-linguistic approach, it tackles the double-indexical nature of the use of the we-set and the they-set by the participants of the public discussion forum UK Debate. Our analysis of a sample thread considers both the referential and the propositional level and shows how users construct and negotiate potential in- and out-group referents at different degrees of specificity and as ranging between immediate discourse participants and external referents. Our analysis shows how major cognitive domains are triggered and how the specific selections of predications as cognitive access points form oscillating clusters of salient in- and out-group attributes. In this way, the analysis also aims to reveal manifestations of more permanent cultural and mental models.
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“no prizes to anybody spotting my typo, by the way”
The interplay between criticism and identity management in the comments sections on newspaper websites
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Monika Eller
Eller, Monika
Monika
Eller
University of Heidelberg, Germany
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criticism
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digital discourse
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disagreement
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identity construction
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impoliteness
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mass media
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reader response
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user-generated content
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Criticising others not only seems to be one of the core functions of comments posted on newspaper websites, but also an intriguing means to perform identity work. This paper therefore consists of a fine-grained analysis of the discursive construction of identity in critical comments posted on the websites of the Guardian and the Times. Drawing on the framework proposed by Bucholtz and Hall (2005, 2010), the study explores how the users construe and negotiate not only the identity of the person criticised in their comments, but also their own. Focusing on criticism targeting the journalist and prior commenters, it reveals how criticism can be used to foreground certain identity aspects and uncovers the different strategies employed for this purpose.
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Part III. Collective identities
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The use of face-threatening acts in the construction of in- and out-group identities in British parliamentary debates
The
use of face-threatening acts in the construction of in- and out-group identities in British parliamentary debates
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Sandra Mollin
Mollin, Sandra
Sandra
Mollin
University of Heidelberg, Germany
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face-threatening acts
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group identity
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House of Commons
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identity construction
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impoliteness
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parliament
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Identity construction is group membership construction in that humans bring their individual selves into being by declaring and performing their belonging to in-groups which are constructed in contrast to out-groups, as suggested in Tajfel’s theory of social identity. In parliamentary discourse, the establishment and reinforcement of in- and out-group identities is particularly important, since parliamentary discourse represents an institutionalized arguing game of ‘us’ versus ‘them’ (between political parties). One decisive way in which these group identities are construed and maintained is through the use of face-threatening acts (FTAs), analyzed here in British House of Commons debates on health policy. A taxonomy of FTAs in this context is developed, allowing for an analysis of addressers and addressees, and close interpretation of examples leads to the conclusion that FTAs are used to denigrate the out-group and strengthen in-group identification at the same time.
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“And you know, Jeremy, my father came from a very poor background indeed”
Collective identities and the private-public interface in political discourse
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Anita Fetzer
Fetzer, Anita
Anita
Fetzer
University of Augsburg, Germany
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contextualisation
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decontextualisation discourse genre
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discursive construction
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entextualisation
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hybridity
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political discourse
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private-public interface
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recontextualisation
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This chapter examines the discursive construction of identity in political discourse and considers collective identities as the default in that context. It utilises an integrated approach informed by interactional sociolinguistics and discourse pragmatics. Departing from the premise that discursive identities are co-constructed, reconstructed and – possibly – deconstructed in and through the process of communication, it focuses on those contexts in which political agents depart from the default by entextualising non-collective identities, e.g., private-domain-anchored family person or ordinary citizen. The ‘doing’ and ‘undoing’ of discursive identities in discourse is reflected in the importation of private-domain-anchored communicative styles and genres, such as colloquial expressions and small stories, contributing to the ongoing process of hybridisation of institutional discourse in general and political discourse in particular. The discursive construction, re- and deconstruction of identities in political discourse is a multifaceted endeavour which exploits the structural, pragmatic and cognitive constraints of a discourse genre as well as those of institution and society.
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dapsac.78.11mus
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Nations as persons
Collective identities in conflict
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Andreas Musolff
Musolff, Andreas
Andreas
Musolff
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
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body politic
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conflict communication
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face
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identity
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Israel
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metaphor
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Palestine
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scenario
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United Nations
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The paper analyses the construal of collective identities in the Middle East conflict, with special regard to the nation-as-person metaphor. This metaphor has been highlighted by proponents of Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Critical Metaphor Analysis as being instrumental in conceptualizing collective political entities as (pseudo-)personal identities. On the other hand, it has been critically argued that the nation-as-person metaphor should not be over-generalized and it has even been condemned as a fallacious theoretical construct. In view of the metaphor’s controversial status, the paper studies a corpus of ten speeches delivered by the Israeli and Palestinian political leaders B. Netanyahu and M. Abbas to the UN General assemblies in the period 2011–2015. Instances of emphatic use and enactment of the nation-as-person metaphor by the speakers are analysed in detail for their contextual implications and their function in collective identity-construction. The main finding is that whilst the nation-as-person metaphor is not ubiquitous in a statistical sense, it informs the fundamental pragmatic stance of the speakers as personifications of their nations’ collective identities vis-à-vis other nations. In conclusion, it is argued that such collective identity construction both expresses and shapes the progress of conflict communication.
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