A Cross-Cultural Approach to the Negotiation of Individual and Group Identities: Parliamentary Debates and Editorial Meetings

Autor/in	Stewart, Miranda
Titel	A Cross-Cultural Approach to the Negotiation of Individual and Group Identities: Parliamentary Debates and Editorial Meetings
Quelle	In: Language and Intercultural Communication, 12 (2012) 4, S.302-320 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-8477
DOI	10.1080/14708477.2012.722098
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Communities of Practice; Pragmatics; French; Persuasive Discourse; Discourse Analysis; Role; Political Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Spanish; Editing; Debate; Language Usage; Cultural Traits; Ethics; English; Humor; Meetings; Latin; Self Concept; Contrastive Linguistics; France; Spain; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Community; Pragmalinguistik; Französisch; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Diskursanalyse; Rollen; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Qualitative Forschung; Spanisch; Redaktion; Textbearbeitung; Debating; Streitgespräch; Sprachgebrauch; Ethik; English language; Englisch; Humoristische Darstellung; Meeting; Tagung; Latein; Selbstkonzept; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Frankreich; Spanien
Abstract	This article draws on interactional pragmatics and a cross-cultural approach (UK, France, Spain) to investigate the negotiation of individual and group identities in two different speech events, parliamentary debates and editorial meetings. The cross-cultural examination of the use of linguistic resources for signalling "social role, boundaries and bonds" (Chilton, P., "Analysing Political Discourse: Theory and Practice". London: Routledge, 2004, p. 48) serves to explore how speakers use language strategically to position themselves and others, renegotiate or resist positioning, offer rallying points and forge "defensible alignments" (Goffman, E., "Forms of Talk". Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1981, p. 325). In the case of personal deixis, it shows that both quantitative and qualitative methods can be used to pinpoint cultural specificities--for example, a more frequent use of explicit performatives in the Spanish and, particularly, the French data to hedge commitment to propositions, and, in English-language parliamentary debate, a use of truth hedging signalling strong commitment for coercive interactive positioning. In the case of indeterminacy of reference, in, for example, the use of "asides", in the English-language editorial meeting humour was used to bond participants in the pursuit of common goals; cultural allusion and references in Latin and English were used in the Spanish parliament for positioning; verbal wit and virtuosity were particularly important in the community of practice of the French parliament. (Contains 2 tables, 13 extracts, and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10