Conversations of Intercultural Couples

Author:   Kellie Goncalves
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Volume:   4
ISBN:  

9783050060552


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   26 September 2013
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Format:   Hardback
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Auf der Grundlage empirisch erhobenen Sprachmaterials untersucht die Studie das diskursive Aushandeln von Sprache und Identitat innerhalb der intimsten ""Community of Practice (CofP)"", der Ehe zwischen interkulturellen Sprachpartnern. Die Studie ist in die sozialpsychologischen Konzepte von Identitat und ""Positioning"" eingebettet. So wird am Beispiel von Interviews mit interkulturellen Paaren - genauer: englische Muttersprachler/innen, die mit deutschsprachigen Schweizer/innen verheiratet sind, in einer diglossen Sprachregion in der Zentralschweiz leben und uber drei Jahre interviewt wurden - die Verhandlung und Performanz hybrider Identitaten analysiert und gezeigt, wie ""doing Swiss"" diskursiv ko-konstruiert und ausgehandelt wird. This book presents an empirical study that examines intercultural couples' reasons for specific language practices and investigates the negotiation and performances of hybrid identities within the marital unit, the most intimate community of practice (CofP). The theoretical framework adopted draws on the sociocultural linguistic approach to identity and the social psychological theory of positioning. The data stem from ethnographic observation and recordings carried out over a three-year period with intercultural couples, namely Anglophones married to native German-speaking Swiss, who reside in central Switzerland, where a diglossic situation prevails. The positionings individuals take up or refute indicate that the performance of ""doing Swiss"" is not only discursively co-constructed, but a site where the negotiation of meaning emerges within the context of social interaction.

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Author:   Kellie Goncalves
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter Akademie Forschung
Volume:   4
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9783050060552


ISBN 10:   3050060557
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   26 September 2013
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Kellie Goncalves ist Assistentin der Modernen Englischen Linguistik an der Universitat Bern, Schweiz.

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