When: 18/04/2013 to 20/04/2013
Where: University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
Website: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/research/bristolcentreforlinguistics/i-mean.aspx
Where: University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
Website: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/research/bristolcentreforlinguistics/i-mean.aspx
The conference aims to explore whether and to what extent bringing together different methodological and theoretical approaches can:
Exploring how speakers use language to claim an identity has been explored but also challenged in the various traditions (ranging from mainstream sociolinguistic theory to linguistic anthropology). In the broadly defined field of sociolinguistics there are many conceptualisations of ‘identity’. Through language we actively construct and negotiate our self and social identities. It is through language that we index, directly and indirectly, who we are/how we wish to be perceived and where we (want to) belong. We see identity as (not exclusively but to a large extent) a linguistic phenomenon, dynamic and constantly evolving.
- enhance understanding of identity attribution in interaction
- lead to theoretically robust methodological innovation.
Exploring how speakers use language to claim an identity has been explored but also challenged in the various traditions (ranging from mainstream sociolinguistic theory to linguistic anthropology). In the broadly defined field of sociolinguistics there are many conceptualisations of ‘identity’. Through language we actively construct and negotiate our self and social identities. It is through language that we index, directly and indirectly, who we are/how we wish to be perceived and where we (want to) belong. We see identity as (not exclusively but to a large extent) a linguistic phenomenon, dynamic and constantly evolving.