PPN: | 420914595  |
Titel: | Style-shifting in public : new perspectives on stylistic variation / edited by Juan Manuel Hernández-Campoy, Juan Antonio Cutillas-Espinosa |
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Erschienen: | Amsterdam [u.a.] : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
Vertrieb: | Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc. |
Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (239 pages) : Illustrations |
Serie: | Studies in language variation ; vol. 9 |
Anmerkung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 978-90-272-7487-8 ; 90-272-7487-8 ; 978-90-272-3489-6 ; 978-90-272-3489-6 |
Abstract: | Language acts are acts of identity, and linguistic variation reflects the multifaceted construction of verbal alternatives for transmitting social meaning, where style-shifting represents our ability to take up different social positions due to its potential for linguistic performance, rhetorical stance-taking and identity projection. Traditional variationist conceptualizations of style-shifting as a primarily responsive phenomenon seem unable to account for all stylistic choices. In contrast, more recent formulations see stylistic variation as initiative, creative and strategic in personal and. |
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