scholarly journals The nation in context: How intergroup relations shape the discursive construction of identity continuity and discontinuity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Obradović ◽  
Mhairi Bowe
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Identity Continuity ◽  
Continuity And Discontinuity

‘Those people who chose us’: Discursive construction of identity and belonging in the context of Quebec’s 2018 provincial elections

2020 ◽  
pp. 095792652097038
Author(s):  
Yulia Bosworth
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
French Language ◽  
Party Leader ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
French Canadian ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Close Textual Analysis ◽  
Run Up

In the climate of the growing diversification of the ethnocultural landscape, Quebecers of French-Canadian background, often viewed as mistrustful of ethnic minorities, have been faced with the challenge of renegotiating the symbolic boundaries of what it means to be a Quebecer. This study investigates discursive construction of identity and belonging in a multi-text body of discourse generated in the context of the French-language party leader debates in the run-up to Quebec’s 2018 provincial elections, which brought to power the center-right Coalition Avenir Québec. A close textual analysis of discourse produced by the party leaders and by debate viewers commenting on the Facebook page of Radio-Canada during the debates’ live stream, following the research program of Critical Discourse Analysis, demonstrates an enduring ethnic bias in the conceptualization of Quebec identity by the dominant ingroup – Francophone Quebecers of French-Canadian origin – one that puts in jeopardy the inclusive, civic Quebec identity promoted in official discourse of the Quebec government.

Flight attendant identity construction in inflight incident reports

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-29
Author(s):  
Barbara Clark
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Flight Safety ◽  
Flight Attendant ◽  
Commercial Aviation ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Incident Reports ◽  
Discursive Constructions

This article explores the discursive construction of a professional flight attendant (FA) identity (Bucholtz and Hall 2004) in a corpus of reports written by FAs and voluntarily submitted to a US government agency. The article argues that writing and submission of the reports by FAs can be seen as a performative act, which heightens aviation institutional ideologies whilst foregrounding safety-related practices. Moreover, the narratives make frequent use of the intersubjective relation of adequation and distinction (i.e., “us and them”) in their situated construction of identity, with FAs excluding pilots from discursive constructions of the inflight crew. This distancing of pilots is counter to the “team” ideology in commercial aviation upon which much flight safety is predicated.

scholarly journals The discursive construction of identity in an Internet hip-hop community

2006 ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristy Beers Fägersten
Keyword(s):  
Hip Hop ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Message Board ◽  
Message Boards ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Social Positioning ◽  
Linguistic Conventions ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The Ideal

In this paper, the Internet message board forum is proposed as an example of a community of practice (Eckert and McConnell-Ginet, 1992) in which contributors exhibit common linguistic conventions and forms of participation. The emergence of individual identities in interaction is examined in the genre-specific context of hip-hop Internet message boards. A corpus analysis of message board postings clearly shows that contributors systematically exploit the spoken and written qualities of the language of message boards, the " third medium" (Crystal, 2001) to identify themselves linguistically. Linguistic conventions or practices reveal a tendency among contributors to discursively construction their identities via a "social positioning of self and other" (Bucholtz and Hall, 2005) as experts or non-experts in the hip-hop community. Contributors' identities as experts or simply in-group members are further corraborated or established by the codification not only of non-standard pronunciations and grammar characteristic of speech, but also of non-standard orthography, which demands a written forum to be appreciated, as it is neutralized and unremarkable in speech. Because of the written and spoken qualities of message board discourse, both the content and the form of postings can be manipulated to showcase familiarity with hip-hop discursive practices. Internet message boards therefore represent the ideal forum for discursively constructing a hip-hop identity.

Tempo and affect in the Linguistic Landscape

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-103
Author(s):  
Greg Niedt
Keyword(s):  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Urban Neighborhood ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Italian American ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Ethnographic Observation

Abstract While the role of time and emotion have been acknowledged in linguistic and semiotic landscapes research, the particular qualities of tempo and affect have rarely been discussed directly. This case study from an Italian-American festival in South Philadelphia, a diverse and changing urban neighborhood, demonstrates how the two qualities work together to influence the discursive construction of identity for residents as they interact with the space. Ethnographic observation and photographs from the two days of the festival, as well as interviews with locals, frame the discussion of how to explore the landscape through this lens. The paper encourages researchers to devote more attention to the abstract qualities of landscapes, and serves as a starting point for critical examinations of a place and the distribution of capital among its occupants.

scholarly journals The Soft Power of a Small State: Discursive Constructions and Institutional Practices of Norway's Peace Engagement

PCD Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Kristian Stokke
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Small State ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Interstate Conflicts ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Discursive Constructions

Since the end of the Cold War, Norway has widely functioned as facilitator for conflict resolution in interstate conflicts and, thus, constructed Norwegian foreign policy as an international peace promoter. This article provides a critical understanding of the discursive construction and institutional practices of Norwegian peace engagement and the effectiveness of the Norwegian approach in conflict resolution experiences. By utilising valuable insights from international relations theories, this article critically analyses the construction of identity and interests in Norwegian foreign policy discourse, focusing particularly on the balancing act between realist and idealist internationalism in peace engagement.

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