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The Sociolinguistics of Identity

By Tope Omoniyi , Goodith White

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2007
ISBN
9781847063328, 1847063322
Open Library ID
OL22742152M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16369046 bytes)
Series
Advances in Sociolinguistics
Pages
250\250
Orientation
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Across the social and behavioural sciences there has been an increased interest in identity as a subject of inquiry. Despite this, there remain questions to which researchers need to find answers and challenges to be made to older paradigms of analysis in order to continue to push the frontiers of knowledge in this research domain. Identity is a problematic concept inasmuch as we recognise it now as non-fixed, non-rigid and always being co-constructed by individuals of themselves, or by people who share certain core values or perceive another group as having such values. This volume re-examines the analytical tools employed in the sociolinguistic research of 'identity' in order to assess their efficiency, establish the roles of language in the identity claims of specific communities of people, and determine the place of identity in a variety of social contexts, including work places and language classrooms. It will be of interest to academics and students working in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and second language learning.

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