Identity through a Language Lens

Kamila Ciepiela

ISBN 10: 3631616023 / ISBN 13: 9783631616024

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jul 2011, 2011

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Neuware -«This collection of articles is a sociolinguistic response to the recent explosion of scholarly interest in issues of identity. Identity is central to all human beings as we are all concerned with how to conceive of ourselves, present ourselves and comprehend our relationships with others. The book tackles the problem of how personal identity is made visible and intelligible to others through language, and how this may be constrained. Part One, Emblematic identities, focuses on the construction of self-definitions based on various forms of group identities, including national and ethnic ones. Part Two, Multicultural Identities, looks at negotiation of identities in multicultural contexts involving relations of power, drawing on examples from Europe and the Americas. Finally, Part Three, Emergent Identities, collects empirical studies based on a close reading of texts in which identities are being articulated and negotiated.» (Hanna Püaczewska, University of Regensburg) 232 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Identity through a Language Lens
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jul 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631616023
• ISBN 13: 9783631616024
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 16D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 418 grams

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Synopsis

«This collection of articles is a sociolinguistic response to the recent explosion of scholarly interest in issues of identity. Identity is central to all human beings as we are all concerned with how to conceive of ourselves, present ourselves and comprehend our relationships with others. The book tackles the problem of how personal identity is made visible and intelligible to others through language, and how this may be constrained. Part One, Emblematic identities, focuses on the construction of self-definitions based on various forms of group identities, including national and ethnic ones. Part Two, Multicultural Identities, looks at negotiation of identities in multicultural contexts involving relations of power, drawing on examples from Europe and the Americas. Finally, Part Three, Emergent Identities, collects empirical studies based on a close reading of texts in which identities are being articulated and negotiated.» (Hanna Pułaczewska, University of Regensburg)

About the Author

Kamila Ciepiela holds an MA in English Studies and PhD in English Linguistics from the University of Łódź (Poland) where she lectures on General and Applied Linguistics and EFL. She has trained teachers of English and has taught EFL students at University of Łódź, Academy of Management in Łódź, Jan Kochanowski University in Piotrkóv Trybunalski. Her research interests span issues of the self and identity in second/foreign language learning and teaching, and how the two are embedded in different discourse practices. The author is particularly interested in linguistic performance of the self.