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Language Ideologies:Bridging the Gap Between Social Structures and Local Practices Introduction to the Colloquium Language Ideologies:Bridging the Gap between Social Structures and Local Practices Introduction to the Colloquium Brigitta Busch ¨ Jürgen Spitzmüller University of Vienna ¨ Department of Linguistics Sociolinguistics Symposium öw Murcia, wÏ/.Ï/ö.wÏ Bridging what? Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller Bridging what? Stance and Metapragmatics Indexical Anchors ‚ Local indexicality – stance and social positions Programme ‚ Social indexicality – language ideologies ö¨öö Bridging what? Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller Bridging what? Stance and Metapragmatics Indexical Anchors ‚ Local indexicality – stance and social positions Programme ‚ Social indexicality – language ideologies ö¨öö Social Positioning and Stance (as Local Practices) Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller ‚ Davies,Bronwyn/Harré, Rom (wRR.). Positioning. The Discourse Production of Selves. In: Journal for the Theory Bridging what? of Social Behaviour ö./w, pp. ÿé–Ïé. Stance and Metapragmatics ‚ Wortham, Stanton (ö...). Interactional Positioning and Indexical Anchors Narrative Self-Construction. In: Narrative Inquiry Programme wR/wóÅ-wÏÿ . ‚ Englebretson, Robert (ed.) (ö..Å). Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity,Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ). ‚ Deppermann,Arnulf (ö.wó). Positioning. In:Anna de Fina/Alexandra Georgakopoulou (eds.): The Handbook of Narrative Analysis.Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, pp. éÏR–éÏÅ. ‚ amongst many more é¨öö Social Positioning and Stance (as Local Practices – within Discursive Frames) Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller Bridging what? ‚ Bamberg, Michael (wRRÅ). Positioning Between Structure Stance and and Performance. In: Journal of Narrative and Life History Metapragmatics Å/w-ÿ, pp. ééó–éÿö. Indexical Anchors ‚ Bamberg, Michael/Georgakopoulou,Alexandra (ö..Ï). Programme Small Stories as a New Perspective in Narrative and Identity Analysis. In: Text and Talk öÏ/é, pp. éÅÅ–éRÏ. ‚ De Fina, Anna (ö.wé). Positioning Level é. Connecting Local Identity Displays to Macro Social Processes. In: Narrative Inquiry öé/w, pp. ÿ.–Ïw. ‚ and others ÿ¨öö Language Ideologies (as Discursive Practices) Introduction to the Colloquium ‚ Silverstein, Michael (wRÅR).L anguage Structure and Busch/Spitzmüller Linguistic Ideology. In: Paul R. Cline/William Hanks/Carol Hofbauer (eds.): The Elements:A Parasession on Linguistic Bridging what? Units and Levels. Chicago:Chicago Linguistic Society, Stance and Metapragmatics pp. wRé–öÿÅ. Indexical Anchors ‚ Woolard, Kathryn A./Schieéelin, Bambi B. (wRRÿ). Programme Language Ideology. In: Annual Review of Anthropology öé, pp. óó–Ïö. ‚ Kroskrity, Paul V./Schieéelin, Bambi B./Woolard, Kathryn A.(Eds.) (wRRÏ). Language Ideologies: Practice and Theory.N ew York: Oxford University Press (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics wÏ). ‚ Joseph, John E./Taylor, Talbot J. (Eds.) (wRR.). Ideologies of Language. London/New York: Routledge (Routledge Politics of Language Series). ‚ etc. etc. etc. ó¨öö The Emergence of Ideology (Iconization,Enregisterment) Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller ‚ Irvine, Judith T./Gal, Susan (ö...).L anguage Ideology and Linguistic Diéerentiation. In: Paul V. Kroskrity (ed.): Bridging what? Regimes of Language: Ideologies, Polities, and Identities. Stance and Oxford: Currey (School of American Research Advanced Metapragmatics Seminar Series), pp. éó–Ïÿ. Indexical Anchors Programme ‚ Agha, Asif (ö..é). The Social Life of a Cultural Value. In: Language & Communication öé, pp. öéw–öÅé. ‚ Agha, Asif (ö..Å). Language and Social Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language öÿ). ‚ Johnstone, Barbara/Andrus, Jennifer/Danielson, Andrew E. (ö..Ï).Mo bility, Indexicality, and the Enregisterment of “Pittsburghese”. In: Journal of English Linguistics éÿ/ö, pp. ÅÅ–w.ÿ. Ϩöö Stancetaking (as a Discursive Practice) Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller Bridging what? Stance and ‚ Johnstone, Barbara (ö..Å). Linking Dialect and Identity Metapragmatics Through Stancetaking. In: Robert Englebretson (ed.): Indexical Anchors Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity,Evaluation, Programme Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. ÿR–ÏÏ. ‚ Jaée, Alexandra (ed.) (ö..R). Stance. Sociolinguistic Perspectives.N ew York: Oxford University Press (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics). Ũöö Social Positioning Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller “‘Positioning’ is designed as an alternative to studying the Bridging what? subject in terms of an overarching identity. [...] Positioning is Stance and Metapragmatics a non-essentialist and practice-bound concept. Positions are Indexical Anchors accomplished by social practice [...]. Practices are routine, Programme habitual ways of speaking and interacting, which are sensitive to situational contingencies. [...] Positions are meaningful, semiotically structured ascriptions.” Deppermann,Arnulf (ö.wó). Positioning. In:Anna de Fina/Alexandra Georgakopoulou (eds.): The Handbook of Narrative Analysis.Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, pp. éÏR–éÏÅ, quot.: pp. éÏR–éÅ.. Ϩöö Stance Introduction to the Colloquium “Stance is a public act by a social actor, achieved dialogically Busch/Spitzmüller through overt communicative means, of simultaneously evaluating objects, positioning subjects (self and others), and Bridging what? aligning with other subjects, with respect to any salient Stance and dimension of the sociocultural íeld.” Metapragmatics Indexical Anchors Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle. In: Robert Programme Englebretson (ed.): Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity, Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. wéR–wÏö, quot.: p. wÏé. “I evaluate something, and thereby position myself, and thereby align with you.” Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle. In: Robert Englebretson (ed.): Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity, Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. wéR–wÏö, quot.: p. wÏé. R¨öö Stance Introduction to the Colloquium “Stance is a public act by a social actor, achieved dialogically Busch/Spitzmüller through overt communicative means, of simultaneously evaluating objects, positioning subjects (self and others), and Bridging what? aligning with other subjects, with respect to any salient Stance and dimension of the sociocultural íeld.” Metapragmatics Indexical Anchors Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle. In: Robert Programme Englebretson (ed.): Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity, Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. wéR–wÏö, quot.: p. wÏé. “I evaluate something, and thereby position myself, and thereby align with you.” Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle. In: Robert Englebretson (ed.): Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity, Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. wéR–wÏö, quot.: p. wÏé. R¨öö The Stance Triangle Subject w Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller e va đ lu positionsate s § Bridging what? Stance and § Metapragmatics Object Indexical Anchors ligns a Programme đ s § ate alu ev đ positions Subject ö Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle. In: Robert Englebretson (ed.): Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity, Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. wéR–wÏö, quot.: p. wÏé. w.¨öö The Stance Triangle Subject w Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller ev alu đ positionsa tes Bridging what? § Stance and Metapragmatics § Object Indexical Anchors ligns a đ Programme § es at alu ev đ positions Subject ö Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle. In: Robert Englebretson (ed.): Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity, Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. wéR–wÏö, quot.: p. wÏé. w.¨öö The Stance Triangle Subject w Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller ev đ alu positionsate s § Bridging what? Stance and Metapragmatics § Object Indexical Anchors ligns a Programme đ s § ate alu ev đ positions Subject ö Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle. In: Robert Englebretson (ed.): Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity, Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. wéR–wÏö, quot.: p. wÏé. w.¨öö The Stance Triangle Subject w Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller e va đ lu positionsate s § Bridging what? Stance and § Metapragmatics Object Indexical Anchors ligns a Programme đ s § ate alu ev đ positions Subject ö Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle. In: Robert Englebretson (ed.): Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity, Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. wéR–wÏö, quot.: p. wÏé. w.¨öö Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle. In: Robert Englebretson (ed.): Stancetaking in Discourse. Subjectivity, Evaluation, Interaction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond, N. S. wÏÿ), pp. wéR–wÏö, quot.: p. wÏé. The Stance Triangle – Adapted Subject w Introduction to the Colloquium Busch/Spitzmüller e va đ lua positionste s § Bridging what? Stance and § Metapragmatics Language use Indexical Anchors ligns a Programme đ § es at alu ev đ positions Subject ö ww¨öö Du Bois, John W. (ö..Å). The Stance Triangle.
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