Self- and Other-Reference in Social Contexts From global to local discourses Edited by Minna Nevala and Minna Palander-Collin

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nevala, Minna, editor.

Palander-Collin, Minna, editor.

Series:

Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 0922-842X 342

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication Studies.

Discourse studies.

Pragmatics.

Local Subjects:

Communication Studies.

Discourse studies.

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 195 pages )

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024

Summary:

The chapters in this volume study the construction, representation and negotiation of a variety of social roles through self- and other-reference markers or the discussion of reference as a tool for identification. The chapters uncover new insights both from a historical and present-day perspective and show how positioning the self and other varies, what kind of reference choices language users make and what follows from these choices. The data come from a variety of public texts, private encounters and questionnaires, and the methodologies range from macro to micro perspectives, including combinations of qualitative close-reading and quantitative corpus methods, and synchronic and diachronic perspectives. The findings enhance our understanding and use of reference practices in the context of global, institutional, political and multicultural, as well as media texts. Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Self- and other-reference in social contexts / Minna Palander-Collin and Minna Nevala

Chapter 2. Personal conviction against general knowledge / Ylva Biri

Chapter 3. Self-reference as an argumentative tool / Barbara De Cock and Jan Albert van Laar

Chapter 4. The European Union as an in-group in British press and parliamentary debates / Jenni Räikkönen

Chapter 5. Self- and other-positioning in eighteenth‑century newspapers / Birte Bös

Chapter 6. Intragroup marginalization in social media / Hanna Limatius and Minna Nevala

Chapter 7. The communicative functions of third-person singular pronouns / Laura Hekanaho

Chapter 8. Positioning the self and other in English lingua franca interactions / Katharina Beuter

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Hardbound version:

ISBN:

9789027247094

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.