Exploring identity work in Chinese communication / Xinren Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Xinren, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--China--Psychological aspects.

Communication.

Identity (Psychology)--China.

Identity (Psychology).

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, [2022]

Summary:

"There is growing acceptance among pragmaticians that identity is often (de)constructed and negotiated in communication in order to impact the outcome of the interaction. Filling an important gap in current research, this book offers the first systematic, pragmatic theory to account for the generative mechanisms of identity in communication. Using data drawn from real-life communicative contexts in China, Xinren Chen examines why identity strategies are adopted, how and why identities are constructed and what factors determine their appropriateness and effectiveness. In answering these questions, this book argues that identity is an essential communicative resource, present across various domains and able to be exploited to facilitate the realization of communicative needs. Demonstrating that communication in Chinese involves the dynamic choice and shift of identity by discursive means, Exploring Identity Work in Chinese Communication suggests that identity is intersubjective in communication in all languages and that it can be accepted, challenged, or even deconstructed"

Contents:

Introduction

Defining Key Terms

Generative Mechanism of Identity Work

Discursive Practices of Identity Work

Taxonomies of Identity Work

Identity Work Strategies

Identity Work in Interpersonal Communication

Identity Work in Institutional Communication

Identity Work in Public Communication

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781350169333

1350169331

9781350169340

135016934X

OCLC:

1257314123