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Publication details [#54979]

Günthner, Susanne. 2011. The dynamics of communicative practices in transmigrational contexts: ‘insulting remarks’ and ‘stylized category animations’ in everyday interactions among male youth in Germany. Text & Talk 31 (4) : 447–473.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discursive practice | everyday conversation | identity negotiation | immigrant | insulting

Language as a subject

German

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/TEXT/html

Annotation

This study argues that young migrant men living in Germany, use the communicative practices of “insulting remarks” and “stylized category animations”, as interactional resources to contextualize “belonging”/“association” versus “otherness”, and to construct a cultural identity.