The functionality of personal pronouns in constructions of communities
Within recent research in identity it is a common view that communities and identities connected to these are not given by nature, but are constructed socially between human beings through acts and speech. By way of certain linguistic choices, a variety of communities with different identities are c...
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Aalborg University Open Publishing
2015-02-01
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| Online Access: | https://somaesthetics.aau.dk/index.php/globe/article/view/715 |
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| author | Lotte Dam |
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| description | Within recent research in identity it is a common view that communities and identities connected to these are not given by nature, but are constructed socially between human beings through acts and speech. By way of certain linguistic choices, a variety of communities with different identities are constructed or reproduced. Specific lexical and functional items are used for this purpose, consciously and unconsciously. One of them is the personal pronoun. The aim of the paper is to illustrate how personal pronouns contribute to the construction of communities and attached identities. By way of example, the paper provides a qualitative analysis of data extracts taken from a Danish magazine with the aim of illustrating how this pronoun in interaction with other text elements and the context constructs communities and identities with a particular purpose. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20708dccbcc94ac5b4c730e22a391cef2024-04-02T00:28:50ZdanAalborg University Open PublishingGlobe2246-88382015-02-01110.5278/ojs.globe.v1i0.715The functionality of personal pronouns in constructions of communitiesLotte Dam0Aalborg UniversityWithin recent research in identity it is a common view that communities and identities connected to these are not given by nature, but are constructed socially between human beings through acts and speech. By way of certain linguistic choices, a variety of communities with different identities are constructed or reproduced. Specific lexical and functional items are used for this purpose, consciously and unconsciously. One of them is the personal pronoun. The aim of the paper is to illustrate how personal pronouns contribute to the construction of communities and attached identities. By way of example, the paper provides a qualitative analysis of data extracts taken from a Danish magazine with the aim of illustrating how this pronoun in interaction with other text elements and the context constructs communities and identities with a particular purpose.https://somaesthetics.aau.dk/index.php/globe/article/view/715communitiespersonals pronounsdiscourseidentity construction |
| spellingShingle | Lotte Dam The functionality of personal pronouns in constructions of communities Globe communities personals pronouns discourse identity construction |
| title | The functionality of personal pronouns in constructions of communities |
| title_full | The functionality of personal pronouns in constructions of communities |
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| title_short | The functionality of personal pronouns in constructions of communities |
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| topic | communities personals pronouns discourse identity construction |
| url | https://somaesthetics.aau.dk/index.php/globe/article/view/715 |
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