ABSTRACT
This chapter offers four exhibits of how the negotiation in and through discourse of identities as parent, child, host, guest, or heterosexual young man has been investigated by analysts employing approaches as wide ranging as conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and critical discourse analysis. "Individual" is an awkward term especially given the deeply social nature of identity in discourse. How identities are negotiated in discourse has been a subject of great interest for discourse analysts. It is important to keep in mind that identity is by no means an issue exclusively relevant to spoken interaction. Hyland offered an in-depth analysis of how identity is implicated and negotiated in academic writing. As one's academic rank rises, the use of relational forms increased and material forms decreased. Compared with junior academics, senior academics have access to a wider range of rhetorical moves and use far more relational processes to establish their unique positions.
