Format:
Online Ressource (239 p.)
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ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9789027274878
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9027274878
Series Statement:
Studies in language variation 1872-9592 vol. 9
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
9789027234896
Additional Edition:
9027234892
Additional Edition:
9789027234896
Additional Edition:
9789027234896
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Style-shifting in public Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co, ©2012
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hernández-Campoy, Juan Manuel Style-Shifting in Public : New Perspectives on Stylistic Variation Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©2012 9789027234896
Language:
English
Keywords:
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