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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.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

self-presentation | speech act

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

ISBN

1360-6441

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/josl

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.