Languaging diversity : identities, genres, discourses / edited by Giuseppe Balirano and Maria Cristina Nisco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balirano, Giuseppe, editor.

Nisco, Maria Cristina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Languaging Diversity: Identities, Genres, Discourses is a suggestive title for 'another' book in the field of linguistics, but what does it actually mean? By choosing to speak of Languaging Diversity and not just of difference, otherness, varieties, multiplicity, hybridity or alterity, the editors cover the whole range of meanings in the entire field of diversity. They do not wish to limit themselves by using such specific words with increasingly specialised connotations as Alterity or Other, but rather to allow an eclectic range of perspectives and issues to come to the fore. This volume brings together some of the manifold discourses emerging as bearers of the values of alterity, by exploring the thorny relationship between Language and Diversity. Drawing on the crucial assumption that speakers' identities are dynamically negotiated as discourse unfolds, Languaging Diversity explores the wide theme of identity in discourse, an area of investigation which has become increasingly popular in recent years. A key theme in assembling this volume was that the relationship between diversity and identity cannot be alienated from the factual distribution of material resources in society. All contributions in the volume - carefully selected and peer reviewed - at least partially react to such critical scenery in order to explore the topics surrounding the modes in which diversity is linguistically articulated by and in discourse. The various studies deal with how individuals draw on linguistic resources to achieve, maintain or challenge representations pertaining to their cultural, social, ethnic, sexual, gender, professional, or institutional identities. The volume comprises six sections: In the News; In Politics; Constructing Identities; Across Generations and Genders; Ethnicities; and Popularising Ideas. Each section reflects the choice of the various

topics through the employment of a variety of methodologies and a variety of theoretical frameworks. As such, this volume is an innovative attempt to challenge the present-day underpinnings of diversity studies.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PROLOGUE

IN THE NEWS

A MD-CADS ANALYSIS OF 'DIVERSITY'IN BRITISH NEWSPAPERS

LANGUAGING THE RIOTS

IN POLITICS

AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLASS AND RACE

BUILDING ETHNIC INCLUSIVENESSIN A PLURAL SOCIETY

"BLACK MAN RUNNIN'AND IT AIN'T FROM THE POLICE"

CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES

LANGUAGING DIVERSITYIN EU INSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE

THE COUNTER-HEGEMONICDISCOURSE OF BIODIVERSITY

"HOW ARE YOU FEELING?","WHAT'S HAPPENING?"

IDENTITY, DISCOURSE AND TRANSLATION

ACROSS GENERATIONS AND GENDERS

OLD AND YOUNG

THE CONSTRUCTION OF AGE IDENTITYIN AN ONLINE DISCOURSE COMMUNITY

DISCURSIVE SHIFTS AND 'MIS-PREMISING'IN THE REPRESENTATION OF MALEHOMOSEXUALITY IN AVT

AND WHAT ABOUT SAME SEX MARRIAGES?A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS OF LEXICALCHOICES AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES

ETHNICITIES

REPRESENTATION OF ETHNIC IDENTITYOF TATARS THROUGH THE ETHNONYM"TATAR"

A COURSE OF LIFE OR A CURSE FOR LIFE?DISCUSSING THE NAME OF AN ETHNICMINORITY IN ROMANIA

USING DIFFERENCE AS A WEAPON

POPULARISING IDEAS

TED CULTURE AND IDEAS WORTH SPREADING

SPEAKER IDENTITY VS. SPEAKER DIVERSITY

METADISCOURSE DIVERSIFICATIONIN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN SCIENTIFICMAGAZINES

DIVERSIFYING LANGUAGEACCORDING TO THE CONTEXT

LANGUAGE, IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 1, 2015).

OCLC:

907310539