The Language of Belonging [electronic resource] /
Meinhof, U.author.
Galasinski, D.author.
This examines a significant aspect of contemporary social life: cultural identities and our linguistic means of constructing them. It combines a theoretical re-assessment of processes of identification with case studies of the discourses of three-generation families living in split-border communities along the former 'Iron Curtain'.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This examines a significant aspect of contemporary social life: cultural identities and our linguistic means of constructing them. It combines a theoretical re-assessment of processes of identification with case studies of the discourses of three-generation families living in split-border communities along the former 'Iron Curtain'.
Applied linguistics.
Culture.
Cultural studies.
Ethnicity.
Anthropology.
Sociolinguistics.
Applied Linguistics.
Sociology of Culture.
Cultural Studies.
Ethnicity Studies.
Anthropology.
Sociolinguistics.