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Publication details [#60185]
Wagner, Lauren. 2015. Using Silence to “Pass”: Embodiment and Interactional Categorization in a Diasporic Context. Multilingua 34 (5) : 659–686.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper asserts that “passing” is a handling of equivocally embodied features, linguistic practice, and validation by other speakers, and examines “passing” talk and practices by post-migrant generation, diasporically-inhabitant Moroccans who try to pass unmarked by migration when haggling in Moroccan markets. A unique case is presented in which haggling “luck” relies upon silence.