Indexing Authenticity : Sociolinguistic Perspectives.

Indexing Authenticity : Sociolinguistic Perspectives.

What does it mean to be authentic? How is authenticity indexed in contexts of language expression? Authenticity is considered a driving force of individuals' behaviour and is evaluated according to cultural contexts and mediated by and expressed in language. This volume examines the meanings of...

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Main Author: Lacoste, Véronique
Other Authors: Leimgruber, Jakob, Breyer, Thiemo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2014.
Series:Linguae & litterae.
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics.
Authenticity (Philosophy)
sociolinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Sociolinguistics
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Table of Contents:
  • Authenticity: A view from inside and outside sociolinguistics; Language, society and authenticity: Themes and perspectives; Section I: Indexing local meanings of authenticity; The trouble with authenticity; Chinese social practice and San Franciscan authenticity; Being more alternative and less Brit-pop: The quest for originality in three urban styles in Athens; "100 % Authentic Pittsburgh": Sociolinguistic authenticity and the linguistics of particularity; 'Oh boy, ¿hablas español?'
  • Salsa and the multiple value of authenticity in late capitalism; The commodification of authenticity.
  • Section 2: Indexing authenticity in delocalised settingsThe race from place: Dialect eradication vs. the linguistic "authenticity" of terroir; Reported Speech as an authentication tactic in computer-mediated communication; Authenticity in dialect performance? A case study of "Cyber-Jamaican"; From vernacular to digital ethnolinguistic repertoire: The case of Nigerian Pidgin; Hybridity as authenticity in Nigerian hip-hop lyrics; Section 3: Authenticity construction in other mediatised contexts; Authentic writing.
  • Lexical variation at the internationalized university: Are indexicality and authenticity always relevant?"Real communities", rhetorical borders: Authenticating British identity in political discourse and on-line debate; What's in a promesse authentique? Doubting and confirming authenticity in 17th-century French diplomacy; Index.

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