Language, Identity and Community

ISBN-13: 9783631774090 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2019 / 254 str.

Kamila Ciepiela

Opis

The book problematizes the concept of identity itself and the relationship between people's sense of belonging in a community, the discourse practices that define that sense of membership, and its expression and manifestation in verbal and non-verbal behavior.

Spis treści

Collective identity - Japan - immigrant - deaf - testimony - move analysis - narrative - place-attachment - Shi'i women - Malaysian English - Robert Stevenson - Scots - nursing - client change - Intersubjectivity - diary - metaphor - psychotherapy - third space - CEFR - sign language - personality - grammaticalization - Spain - musician - Daily Mail - social media

O autorze

Kamila Ciepiela is Associate Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Lódz, Poland. Her research interests span issues of the self and identity and how the two are embedded and realized in different discourse practices. She is the initiator of the biennial conference series »Personal Identity through a Language Lens.«