Title: Self- and Other-Reference in Social Contexts
Subtitle: From global to local discourses
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 342
Publication Year: 20240314
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.342

Editor: Minna Nevala
Editor: Minna Palander-Collin
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214577 Pages: 201 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214577 Pages: 201 Price: U.K. £ 92.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214577 Pages: 201 Price: Europe EURO 110.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214577 Pages: 201 Price: Europe EURO 116.60
eBook: ISBN: 9789027247094 Pages: 201 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
eBook: ISBN: 9789027247094 Pages: 201 Price: U.K. £ 92.00
eBook: ISBN: 9789027247094 Pages: 201 Price: Europe EURO 110.00
Abstract:

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.

Written In: English (eng)