Language and the Culture of Gender: At the Intersection of Structure, Usage, and Ideology

Silverstein, Michael

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“…In its most basic sense, an index is a linguistic form that depends on the interactional context for its meaning, such as the first-person pronoun I (Silverstein, 1976). More generally, however, the concept of indexicality involves the creation of semiotic links between linguistic forms and social meanings (Ochs, 1992;Silverstein, 1985). In identity formation, indexicality relies heavily on ideological structures, for associations between language and identity are rooted in cultural beliefs and values -that is, ideologies -about the sorts of speakers who (can or should) produce particular sorts of language.…”

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“…Such work includes speech accommodation theory (Giles et al, 1991) and social identity theory (Meyerhoff, 1996;Meyerhoff and Niedzielski, 1994;Tajfel and Turner, 1979) in social psychology, theories of language ideology (Irvine and Gal, 2000;Silverstein, 1979) and indexicality (Ochs, 1992;Silverstein, 1976Silverstein, , 1985 in linguistic anthropology, and theories of style (Eckert and Rickford, 2001;Mendoza-Denton, 2002) and models of identity (Le Page and TabouretKeller, 1985) in sociolinguistics, among others. In addition, we have drawn on a number of different social theories that are especially relevant to an understanding of the intersubjective construction of identity within local interactional contexts.…”

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Identity and interaction: a sociocultural linguistic approach

2005

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A B S T R A C T The article proposes a framework for the analysis of identity as produced in linguistic interaction, based on the following principles: (1) identity is the product rather than the source of linguistic and other semiotic practices and therefore is a social and cultural rather than primarily internal psychological phenomenon; (2) identities encompass macro-level demographic categories, temporary and interactionally specific stances and participant roles, and local, ethnographically emergent cultural positions; (3) identities may be linguistically indexed through labels, implicatures, stances, styles, or linguistic structures and systems; (4) identities are relationally constructed through several, often overlapping, aspects of the relationship between self and other, including similarity/difference, genuineness/artifice and authority/ delegitimacy; and (5) identity may be in part intentional, in part habitual and less than fully conscious, in part an outcome of interactional negotiation, in part a construct of others' perceptions and representations, and in part an outcome of larger ideological processes and structures. The principles are illustrated through examination of a variety of linguistic interactions.

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2005

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“…No caso em tela, essas semelhanças são discursivamente construídas através de índices linguísticos (OCHS, 1992;SILVERSTEIN, 1985) que mobilizam posicionamentos discursivos (DAVIES; HARRÉ, 1990) e alocam as interlocutoras em categorias pertencentes ao universo da prostituição travesti. Esses índices são mecanismos sociolinguísticos que produzem ligações entre formas linguísticas e grupos sociais específicos.…”

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Discurso e (trans)identidades: interação, intersubjetividade e acesso à prevenção de DST/AIDS entre travestis

Borba

2009

Rev. bras. linguist. apl.

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RESUMO: Neste artigo, investigam-se as dinâmicas discursivo-identitárias emergentes de eventos de fala co-construídos entre travestis que se prostituem e mulheres ativistas na prevenção de DST/AIDS. Através de uma perspectiva socioconstrucionista do discurso e das identidades sociais (MOITA LOPES, 2003), o estudo analisa os processos de (re)construção, (re)negociação e administração de diferenças (percebidas ou construídas) entre as interagentes. Mais especificamente, analisam-se as táticas de intersubjetividade (BUCHOLTZ; HALL, 2003HALL, , 2004, construídas entre as participantes no processo interacional que coloca suas performances identitárias habitualizadas em fricção. As análises apontam para o caráter fluido, multifacetado, fragmentado e sempre movente das identidades sociais que, em interações nas quais identidades díspares se tencionam, recompõem-se constantemente na administração das diferenças entre interlocutores/as. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: identidade, intersubjetividade, linguagem e gênero, transgênero, prevenção de DST/AIDS ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the discursive and identity dynamics that emerge from speech events co-constructed by travestites who work as sex professionals and two female safer-sex outreach workers. Guided by a socioconstructionist perspective on the relations between discourse and social identities (MOITA LOPES, 2003), the study analyses the processes of (re)construction, (re)negotiation, and management of (perceived or constructed) differences among the interlocutors. More specifically, following Bucholtz and Hall (2003, 2005, I analyse the tactics of intersubjectivity produced by the interlocutors in the interactional process that put their differing identities in friction. The analysis indicates that identities are always fluid, multilayered, fragmented and changeable. This flexibility of social identities is highly visible in * borba.rodrigo@terra.com.br

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“…Building on the idea that language is contextually situated, indexicality is the process where social meaning gets mapped onto linguistic features (Silverstein 1985 Ochs (1990) theorizes that there are two general types of indexical relationships: direct and indirect.…”

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Pohnpei sohte ehu: A survey- and interview-based approached to language attitudes on Pohnpei

Rentz¹

2018

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To the people of Pohnpei. Kalahngan en kupwuramwail. AcknowledgmentsThis dissertation would not have been possible without the help of many people. history of the island and its ideological effects on language use, as well as highlighting the diversity of opinions found on the island. Because of this framework, the dissertation does not aim to construct a monolithic narrative of language attitudes on Pohnpei, but rather seeks diversity wherever possible.To carry out these goals, the dissertation adapts quantitative methods (multidimensional scaling, cluster analyses, correspondence analysis, and poststratified Bayesian generalized hierarchical modeling) and combines them with critical theoretical tools such as sociolinguistic scale and translanguaging.The results showed two main different ideological groups both in terms of language use and language attitude patterns. Both groups highly value Pohnpeian, English, and other local languages generally. However, the first group values English over Pohnpeian and other local languages. They in general only use Pohnpeian to connect with Pohnpeians and in situations related to the soupeidi system, but use English for most other situations including education, work, media, and government. This group's language use patterns with scale-based language ideologies, where local levels of scale (such as family and kousapw) are highly multilingual, but become increasingly monolingual as scale increases toward the translocal level. The other group, conversely, finds Pohnpeian to be the most important language for them overall and tend to find Pohnpeian to be the most important language in every domain.The results of the dissertation indicate a disconnect between the current mostly monolingual English-focused educational practices among both private and public schools on Pohnpei and the desire of the research participants for greater use of Pohnpeian and other local languages. The current educational system likewise devalues the symbolic resources of its students, which has perpetuated negative ideologies about local languages. These ideologies adversely affect both the students and the linguistic future of local languages including Pohnpeian.iv

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Language and the Culture of Gender: At the Intersection of Structure, Usage, and Ideology

Cited by 546 publications

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Identity and interaction: a sociocultural linguistic approach

Identity and interaction: a sociocultural linguistic approach

Discurso e (trans)identidades: interação, intersubjetividade e acesso à prevenção de DST/AIDS entre travestis

Pohnpei sohte ehu: A survey- and interview-based approached to language attitudes on Pohnpei

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