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Language, power and identity

Wodak, Ruth·2012·Language Teaching
DOI 10.1017/s0261444811000048
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How are identities constructed in discourse? How are national and European identities tied to language and communication? And what role does power have – power in discourse, over discourse and of discourse? This paper seeks to identify and analyse processes of identity construction within Europe and at its boundaries, particularly the diversity of sources and forms of expression in several genres and contexts. It draws on media debates on Austrian versus Standard High German, on focus group discussions with migrants in eight European countries and on public and political debates on citizenship in the European Union which screen newly installed language tests. The analysis of different genres and publics all illustrate the complexity of national and transnational identity constructions in a globalised world. What is experienced as European or as outside of Europe is the result of multiple activities, some of them consciously planned in the sense of political, economic or cultural intervention, others more hidden, indirect, in the background. Such developments are contradictory rather than harmonious, proceeding in ‘loops’ and partial regressions (rather than in a linear, uni-directional or teleological way). Thus, an interdisciplinary approach suggests itself which accounts for diverse context-dependent discursive and social practices.

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Authors
Wodak, R.
Affiliations
Lancaster University (GB)
Corresponding author
Wodak, Ruth
ORCID
Wodak, Ruth
Venue
Language Teaching
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2011-03-25
Volume
45
Issue
2
Pages
215-233
ISSN
  • 0261-4448 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-3049
DOI
10.1017/s0261444811000048
OpenAlex
W2167970285
Cited by
221
References
78
Citations by year
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FWCI
33.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
  • Language Teaching (publishedVersion)
  • Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Language and Culture
Keywords
identity construction, language and power, national identity, European identity, transnational identity, discourse analysis, Austrian German, migrants, citizenship, language tests, European Union, language policy, media discourse, discursive power

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