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Publication details [#42619]

Coupland, Justine and Adam Jaworski. 2005. Othering in gossip: “you go out you have a laugh and you can pull yeah okay but like…”. Language in Society 34 (5) : 667–694.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse strategy | gossip | group interaction | identity negotiation | storytelling

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper investigates gossipy storytelling instances among youngsters during which participants judge their own and others' behavior via particular 'othering'-processes.