Erlebte Authentizität : diskursive Herstellung von Authentizität zwischen Performanz und Zuschreibung A range of disciplines have described different access points to authenticity but until now there has been no empirical discourse linguistic investigation of authenticity. Personal authenticity is always linked to its social and situational performance but is manifested first and foremost in the attribution of authenticity. This study presents a systematic analytic model of the discursive creation of (non )authenticity in the public sphere.