CDA: Identity and language

[杉森 典子]

Hi, 

What an intriguing question! I am more interested in the  
material you read!

Paul V. Kroskrity defines identity as "Identity is defined
as the linguistic construction of membership in one or
more social groups or categories"(Key Terms in Language
and Culture, 2001, edited by Alessandro Duranti, p. 106). 

Let me share my personal experience with you. Japanese is
my L1 and English is my L2 (I feel I am an L2 learner 
rather than a balanced bilingual.) When I talk about Japan
in English, I feel that my identity is different from how
I was years ago when I had not been exposed to English. I
cannot explain more clearly, but I will continue to think
about it. 

Best, 

Noriko Sugimori


--- C�ero_Barbosa <cicerobarbosa at GMAIL.COM> から
のメッセージ：
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> Something I read one of these days has really called
> my attention: 
> 
> "He who learns a new language is redefining himself
> as a new person". 
> 
> This was concerning identity and language learning.
> I would like to
> get comments from you on it: in what sense does it
> mean to "redefine
> oneself as a new person"? What do you understand by
> that?
> 
> I really wish we could talk about it. Thanks,
> 
> C�ero
> 
> 
> 
> 2005/9/20, Linnea Micciulla <polyglot at bu.edu>:
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > I haven't had any specific reading suggestions
> from anyone, but I was
> > contacted offline by a list member from Egypt who
> was interested in "the
> > interconnections between bureaucracy and power,"
> and specifically
> > bureaucrat-client interactions.  Does anyone have
> any suggestions for readings?
> > 
> > In the meantime, below is a reminder of this
> month's reading, and a couple
> > of suggestions for October and November.  The
> October suggestion is from
> > Sociological Quarterly, and Phil Graham has a
> pre-publication version of the
> > Journal of Language and Politics article on his
> website, so both of the
> > articles for October and November should be
> accessible to everyone on the
> > list.  Please let me know if you are having
> trouble finding anything!
> > 
> > Best,
> > Linnea
> > 
> > *******
> > 
> > SEPTEMBER:
> > Koller, V. (2005). "Critical discourse analysis
> and social cognition:
> > evidence from business media discourse." Discourse
> & Society 16(2):199-224.
> > 
> > OCTOBER:
> > THE SYMBOLIC CONSTRUCTION OF RUSSIA AND THE UNITED
> STATES ON RUSSIAN
> > NATIONAL TELEVISION. Philo C. Wasburn and Barbara
> Ruth Burke. The
> > Sociological Quarterly, Volume 38, Number 4, pages
> 669-686. 1997.
> > 
> > NOVEMBER:
> > Graham, P. & Luke, A. (2005). The language of
> neofeudal corporatism and the
> > war on Iraq. Journal of Language & Politics, 4
> (1).  (Pre-publication
> > available here:
> >
>
http://www.philgraham.net/Graham%20and%20Luke%20-%20Final%20L&P.pdf)
> >
>