The relationship between language, discourse and identity has
always been a major area of sociolinguistic investigation. In more
recent times, the field has been revolutionized as previous models
- which assumed our identities to be based on stable relationships
between linguistic and social variables - have been challenged by
pioneering new approaches to the topic. This volume brings together
a team of leading experts to explore discourse in a range of social
contexts. By applying a variety of analytical tools and concepts,
the contributors show how we build images of ourselves through
language, how society moulds us into different categories, and how
we negotiate our membership of those categories. Drawing on
numerous interactional settings (the workplace; medical interviews;
education), in a variety of genres (narrative; conversation;
interviews), and amongst different communities (immigrants;
patients; adolescents; teachers), this revealing volume sheds new
light on how our social practices can help to shape our identities.
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