Publications

Publication details [#32338]

Ricento, Thomas. 2003. The Discursive Construction of Americanism. Discourse & Society 14 (5) : 611–638.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse analysis | identity negotiation | nationality | pragmatics

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0957-9265

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study examines the discursive construction of American national identity during the 1914-1924 Americanization campaign, using techniques of pragmatic and rhetorical analysis within a discourse-historical framework to analyze period texts.