Identity and interaction: A sociocultural linguistic approach

Discourse Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 585-614

  Bucholtz, Mary ^a   Hall, Kira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Emergence; Identity; Ideology; Indexicality; Interaction; Intersubjectivity; Positioning; Sociocultural linguistics; Stance; Style

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644438892     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445605054407     Document Type: Review

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