Identity and Building Social Ties

obligatory courses

general knowledge of discourse analysis derived from previous courses of the programme.

Remote learning

The lecture discusses the linguistic means and strategies used to construct social identity in the process of linguistic interac-tion. The construction of social identity in the process of communication is presented from various perspectives: from the perspective of the roles and identities shaped in discourse communities, from the perspective of politeness relations, taking into account such variables as asymmetrical relations of power and social distance as well as the perspective of in-stitutional and professional discourses. Linguistic means used in the construction of social identity are discussed from the perspective of semantics and linguistic pragmatics (speech acts, implicatures, politeness theories). Failures in building social identity in the context of intercultural differences will also be discussed.

Language is a means of expression used not only for communication understood as the transmission of meaning, but also for communication as a process of building relations and discourse identities. The lecture discusses the linguistic means and strategies used to construct social identity in the process of linguistic interaction. The construction of social identity in the process of communication is presented from various perspectives: from the perspective of the roles and identities shaped in discourse communities, from the perspective of politeness relations, taking into account such variables as asymmetrical relations of power and social distance as well as the perspective of institutional and professional discourses. Linguistic means used in the construction of social identity are discussed from the perspective of semantics and linguistic pragmatics (speech acts, implicatures, politeness theories). Speech acts, implicatures, politeness strategies will be analyzed in terms of their literal and figurative meanings and their role in shaping the image of self in interaction. Social identity and the linguistic means used to shape it will also be considered from the perspective of factors such as xgender, the Internet or professional discourse. We will also discuss the failures of building social identity in the context of intercultural differences. Failures in building social identity in the context of intercultural differences will also be discussed.

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Benwell, Bethan, Elizabeth Stokoe, 2006. Discourse and Iden-tity. Edinburgh University Press. (chapter 1. Theorising Dis-course and Identity); (chapter 3. Institutional Identities 86-128); (chapter 5. Commodified Identities 165-203).

Brown, Penelope, Stephen Levinson, 1987, Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage, Cambridge, Cambridge Uni-versity Press.

Crystal, David, 2011, Internet Linguistics, London: Routledge.

Duszak, Anna. 2001. „Języki, kultury, wspólnoty”, w: An-drzej Kopczyński i Urszula Zaliwska-Okrutna (red.) Język rodzimy a język obcy - komunikacja, przekład, dydaktyka, Warszawa: WUW, 7-22.

Duszak, Anna. 2002. “Us and others: An introduction”. In: Duszak A. (ed), US and Others, Social Identities across Lan-guages, Discourses and Cultures. John Benjamins.

Goffman, Erving. 1959. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York: Doubleday Anchor Books.

Goffman, Erving, 1967, Interaction Ritual: Essays in Face-to-Face Behaviour, Garden City, New York: Doubleday.

Grice, Paul, 1975, “Logic and Conversation”, w: Paul Grice, 1995, Studies in the Way of Words, Cambridge, Massachu-setts, London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 22-40.

Grice, Paul, 1978, “Further Notes on Logic and Conversa-tion”, w: Paul Grice, 1995 Studies in the Way of Words, Cam-bridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 41-57

Johnstone, Barbara, 2008, Discourse Analysis, Blackwell Pub-lishing.

Lakoff, Robin, 1975, Language and Women’s Place, New York: Harper and Row.

Paltridge, Brian, 2006 [2012], Discourse Analysis. An Intro-duction, Continuum.

Ricoeur, Paul. 1992. Oneself as Another. Chicago and Lon-don: The University of Chicago Press (5th and 6th studies 113-168).

Tabouret-Keller, Andree. 1997. “Language and identity’. In: Coulmas Florian (ed.), The Handbook of Sociolinguistics. Blackwell.

attendance, active participation, written exam