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Us and others : social identities across languages, discourses and cultures /

It is natural for people to make the distinction between in-group (Us) and out-group members (Others). What is it that brings people together, or keeps them apart? Ethnicity, nationality, professional expertise or life style? And, above all, what is the role of language in communicating solidarity a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Duszak, Anna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2002.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. v. 98.
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 98.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Us and Others; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Us and Others: An introduction; Part I: Discourses in space; Grammar and function of we; Between us and them in Chinese; Viewpoint and in/out-group membership for Japanese; The space in identity; Constructing identities in language learning MOOs; Part II: Discourses in polyphony; Ethnolects as in-group varieties; The construction of identity and group boundaries in Catalan Spanish; Code-switching, code-crossing, and identity construction in a society in transition, South Africa; Part III: Discourses of transition.