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143018491 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code DAPSAC 78 Eb 15 9789027264022 06 10.1075/dapsac.78 13 2018060446 DG 002 02 01 DAPSAC 02 1569-9463 Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 78 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The Discursive Construction of Identities On- and Offline</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">Discursive Construction of Identities On- and Offline</TitleWithoutPrefix> <Subtitle textformat="02">Personal - group - collective</Subtitle> 01 dapsac.78 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/dapsac.78 1 B01 Birte Bös Bös, Birte Birte Bös University of Duisburg-Essen 2 B01 Sonja Kleinke Kleinke, Sonja Sonja Kleinke University of Heidelberg 3 B01 Sandra Mollin Mollin, Sandra Sandra Mollin University of Heidelberg 4 B01 Nuria Hernández Hernández, Nuria Nuria Hernández University of Duisburg-Essen 01 eng 279 vii 271 LAN009030 v.2006 CFG 2 24 JB Subject Scheme COMM.CGEN Communication Studies 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 06 01 This volume explores linguistic identity construction across online and offline contexts. The contributors focus on ‘clusivity’ as an overarching aspect and offer a multifaceted operationalisation of the linguistic processes of identity construction. The studies address three major strands of human identity, each of which can be thought of as an aggregative abstraction with its own complexities: <i>personal identity</i>, <i>group identity</i> and <i>collective identity</i>. The contributions pay special attention to the interplay between the public and private dimensions of the interactions and audiences, as well as the potential impact of social and technical affordances of different communicative settings and online and offline modes of identity construction. The volume is aimed at all researchers concerned with the complex notion of identity, both in linguistics and in neighbouring disciplines. 46 01 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 47 Open access -- this title is available under a CC BY-NC-ND license. For full details, see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/dapsac.78.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027200761.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027200761.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/dapsac.78.hb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/dapsac.78.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/dapsac.78.hb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/dapsac.78.hb.png 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.pre vii viii 2 Miscellaneous 1 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Preface</TitleText> 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.01kle 1 12 12 Chapter 2 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Introduction</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Identity construction in complex discourse contexts</Subtitle> 1 A01 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 3 A01 Birte Bös Bös, Birte Birte Bös University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.p1 13 105 93 Section header 3 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Part I. Personal identities</TitleText> 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.02kir 15 56 42 Chapter 4 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Great pretenders</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The phenomenon of impersonating (pseudo-)historical personae in medieval blogs, or: Blogging for someone else’s fame?</Subtitle> 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.03sal 57 80 24 Chapter 5 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Constructing personal identities online</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Self-disclosure in popular blogs</Subtitle> 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.04enz 81 106 26 Chapter 6 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The development of identity in Batman comics</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">development of identity in Batman comics</TitleWithoutPrefix> 1 A01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.p2 107 202 96 Section header 7 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Part II. Group identities</TitleText> 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.05wen 109 132 24 Chapter 8 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Code-switching and identity construction in WhatsApp</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Evidence from a (digital) community of practice</Subtitle> 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.06tan 133 152 20 Chapter 9 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Identity and metapragmatic acts in a student forum discussion thread</TitleText> 1 A01 Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen University of Helsinki, Finland 20 discussion forum 20 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.07kle 153 176 24 Chapter 10 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Indeterminate us and them : The complexities of referentiality, identity and group construction in a public online discussion</TitleText> 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 20 cognitive domains 20 double indexicality 20 indeterminate first- and third-person-plural pronouns 20 power 20 predications 20 referentiality 20 salience 01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.08ell 177 202 26 Chapter 11 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">“no prizes to anybody spotting my typo, by the way”</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The interplay between criticism and identity management in the comments sections on newspaper websites</Subtitle> 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 20 reader response 20 user-generated content 01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.p3 203 266 64 Section header 12 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Part III. Collective identities</TitleText> 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.09mol 205 226 22 Chapter 13 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The use of face-threatening acts in the construction of in- and out-group identities in British parliamentary debates</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">use of face-threatening acts in the construction of in- and out-group identities in British parliamentary debates</TitleWithoutPrefix> 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 01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.10fet 227 248 22 Chapter 14 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">“And you know, Jeremy, my father came from a very poor background indeed”</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Collective identities and the private-public interface in political discourse</Subtitle> 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 20 recontextualisation 01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.11mus 249 266 18 Chapter 15 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Nations as persons</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Collective identities in conflict</Subtitle> 1 A01 Andreas Musolff Musolff, Andreas Andreas Musolff University of East Anglia, United Kingdom 20 body politic 20 conflict communication 20 face 20 identity 20 Israel 20 metaphor 20 Palestine 20 scenario 20 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.ind 267 1 Miscellaneous 16 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Index</TitleText> 02 JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia NL 04 20180723 2018 John Benjamins B.V. 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027200761 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 jbe-platform.com 09 WORLD 40 01 361018490 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code DAPSAC 78 Hb 15 9789027200761 13 2018008131 BB 01 DAPSAC 02 1569-9463 Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 78 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The Discursive Construction of Identities On- and Offline</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">Discursive Construction of Identities On- and Offline</TitleWithoutPrefix> <Subtitle textformat="02">Personal - group - collective</Subtitle> 01 dapsac.78 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/dapsac.78 1 B01 Birte Bös Bös, Birte Birte Bös University of Duisburg-Essen 2 B01 Sonja Kleinke Kleinke, Sonja Sonja Kleinke University of Heidelberg 3 B01 Sandra Mollin Mollin, Sandra Sandra Mollin University of Heidelberg 4 B01 Nuria Hernández Hernández, Nuria Nuria Hernández University of Duisburg-Essen 01 eng 279 vii 271 LAN009030 v.2006 CFG 2 24 JB Subject Scheme COMM.CGEN Communication Studies 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 06 01 This volume explores linguistic identity construction across online and offline contexts. The contributors focus on ‘clusivity’ as an overarching aspect and offer a multifaceted operationalisation of the linguistic processes of identity construction. The studies address three major strands of human identity, each of which can be thought of as an aggregative abstraction with its own complexities: <i>personal identity</i>, <i>group identity</i> and <i>collective identity</i>. The contributions pay special attention to the interplay between the public and private dimensions of the interactions and audiences, as well as the potential impact of social and technical affordances of different communicative settings and online and offline modes of identity construction. The volume is aimed at all researchers concerned with the complex notion of identity, both in linguistics and in neighbouring disciplines. 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/dapsac.78.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027200761.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027200761.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/dapsac.78.hb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/dapsac.78.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/dapsac.78.hb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/dapsac.78.hb.png 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.pre vii viii 2 Miscellaneous 1 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Preface</TitleText> 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.01kle 1 12 12 Chapter 2 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Introduction</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Identity construction in complex discourse contexts</Subtitle> 1 A01 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 3 A01 Birte Bös Bös, Birte Birte Bös University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.p1 13 105 93 Section header 3 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Part I. Personal identities</TitleText> 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.02kir 15 56 42 Chapter 4 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Great pretenders</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The phenomenon of impersonating (pseudo-)historical personae in medieval blogs, or: Blogging for someone else’s fame?</Subtitle> 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.03sal 57 80 24 Chapter 5 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Constructing personal identities online</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Self-disclosure in popular blogs</Subtitle> 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.04enz 81 106 26 Chapter 6 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The development of identity in Batman comics</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">development of identity in Batman comics</TitleWithoutPrefix> 1 A01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.p2 107 202 96 Section header 7 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Part II. Group identities</TitleText> 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.05wen 109 132 24 Chapter 8 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Code-switching and identity construction in WhatsApp</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Evidence from a (digital) community of practice</Subtitle> 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.06tan 133 152 20 Chapter 9 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Identity and metapragmatic acts in a student forum discussion thread</TitleText> 1 A01 Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen University of Helsinki, Finland 20 discussion forum 20 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.07kle 153 176 24 Chapter 10 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Indeterminate us and them : The complexities of referentiality, identity and group construction in a public online discussion</TitleText> 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 20 cognitive domains 20 double indexicality 20 indeterminate first- and third-person-plural pronouns 20 power 20 predications 20 referentiality 20 salience 01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.08ell 177 202 26 Chapter 11 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">“no prizes to anybody spotting my typo, by the way”</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The interplay between criticism and identity management in the comments sections on newspaper websites</Subtitle> 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 20 reader response 20 user-generated content 01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.p3 203 266 64 Section header 12 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Part III. Collective identities</TitleText> 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.09mol 205 226 22 Chapter 13 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The use of face-threatening acts in the construction of in- and out-group identities in British parliamentary debates</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">use of face-threatening acts in the construction of in- and out-group identities in British parliamentary debates</TitleWithoutPrefix> 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 01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.10fet 227 248 22 Chapter 14 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">“And you know, Jeremy, my father came from a very poor background indeed”</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Collective identities and the private-public interface in political discourse</Subtitle> 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 20 recontextualisation 01 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.11mus 249 266 18 Chapter 15 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Nations as persons</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Collective identities in conflict</Subtitle> 1 A01 Andreas Musolff Musolff, Andreas Andreas Musolff University of East Anglia, United Kingdom 20 body politic 20 conflict communication 20 face 20 identity 20 Israel 20 metaphor 20 Palestine 20 scenario 20 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. 10 01 JB code dapsac.78.ind 267 1 Miscellaneous 16 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Index</TitleText> 02 JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia NL 04 20180723 2018 John Benjamins B.V. 02 WORLD 08 630 gr 01 JB 1 John Benjamins Publishing Company +31 20 6304747 +31 20 6739773 bookorder@benjamins.nl 01 https://benjamins.com 01 WORLD US CA MX 21 34 20 01 02 JB 1 00 99.00 EUR R 02 02 JB 1 00 104.94 EUR R 01 JB 10 bebc +44 1202 712 934 +44 1202 712 913 sales@bebc.co.uk 03 GB 21 20 02 02 JB 1 00 83.00 GBP Z 01 JB 2 John Benjamins North America +1 800 562-5666 +1 703 661-1501 benjamins@presswarehouse.com 01 https://benjamins.com 01 US CA MX 21 1 20 01 gen 02 JB 1 00 149.00 USD