Language ideology and identity construction in public educational meetings |
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| Authors: | Alena L Vasilyeva |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USAvasilyeva@umass.edu |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe study explores educational meetings that have a goal of promoting the Belarusian language and providing a platform for people who want to interact in this language. These meetings are not like any traditional language courses; they are rather a public discussion space for a community of people who speak Belarusian, try to speak this language, or are interested in it. Findings demonstrate how the identity of a Belarusian-speaking Belarusian is interactionally constructed and speaking Belarusian is framed in relation to identity formation and language ideology. |
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| Keywords: | Culture discourse analysis identity institutional talk language ideology |
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