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Publication details [#32521]
Chirrey, Deborah A. 2003. 'I hereby come out': What sort of speech act is coming out? Journal of Sociolinguistics 7 (1) : 24. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Blackwell Publishers
ISBN
1360-6441
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper examines to what extent the process of coming out linguistically as a lesbian or as a gay man is a performative act, and what sort of speech act coming out may be. Parallels are drawn with other instances of self-disclosure or of individuals' constructions of new identity facets.