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Linguistic repertoire and ethnic identity in New York City.
- Source :
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Language & Communication . Mar2014, Vol. 35, p43-54. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper expands on the ethnolinguistic repertoire approach to consider the use of a broad linguistic repertoire by a single speaker in the construction of a multivalent identity. African American speakers in North America are often analyzed from an ethnolectal perspective, and placed in contrast to (white) speakers of regional varieties of American English. A close analysis of three features – one that is traditionally ethnolectal (copula absence as a feature of African American English), one that is traditionally dialectal ( bought -raising as a feature of New York City English), and one that is potentially either (non-rhoticity in the syllable coda) – reveals intersectional identification practices that go beyond ethnicity and regional identity. The results of a variationist analysis of a community sample of speakers from the Lower East Side of Manhattan is contrasted with a micro-analysis of the repertoire of a single speaker, with the repertoire analysis demonstrating the fluid nature of speaker identity and of the boundaries between ethnolect and dialect in New York City. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ETHNIC groups
*AMERICAN English language
*SOCIAL psychology
*QUANTITATIVE research
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02715309
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Language & Communication
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103728135
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2013.12.007