Title: Identity Perspectives from Peripheries
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.352

Editor(s): Yoshiko Matsumoto; Jan-Ola Östman

eBook ISBN: 9789027244758 Pages: 303 Price: Europe EURO 125.00
eBook ISBN: 9789027244758 Pages: 303 Price: U.K. £ 105.00
eBook ISBN: 9789027244758 Pages: 303 Price: U.S. $ 163.00
Hardback ISBN: 9789027222299 Pages: 303 Price: Europe EURO 125.00
Hardback ISBN: 9789027222299 Pages: 303 Price: Europe EURO 132.50
Hardback ISBN: 9789027222299 Pages: 303 Price: U.K. £ 105.00
Hardback ISBN: 9789027222299 Pages: 303 Price: U.S. $ 163.00

Abstract:

Data dubbed “peripheral” or previously unaccounted for have inspired new methods, new models and theories of language and new ways of understanding language and communication within pragmatics. The chapters in the volume extend this perspective to include language users and their identities as central, taking into account the ideologies that mediate their perception of language use. Identities and peripheries are approached geographically (Europe, North America, Africa, Asia; dialectal variation), socially (gender, age, social status), medially (traditional, electronic and multimedia), occupationally (trade, congregation) and from the points of view of healthcare and of professional relations. The volume includes the editors’ introductory overview of challenges in the field, and chapters divided into three parts, "Building the Peripheral Stage"; "Identities in Interaction"; and "Gender, Narratives, and Peripheries". By particularizing a variety of linguistic peripheries, the volume fosters a deeper understanding of human interaction.

Written In: English (eng)