ABSTRACT
Identity and Dialect Performance discusses the relationship between identity and dialects. It starts from the assumption that the use of dialect is not just a product of social and demographic factors, but can also be an intentional performance of identity. Dialect performance is related to identity construction and in a highly globalised world, the linguistic repertoire has increased rapidly, thereby changing our conventional assumptions about dialects and their usage.
The key outstanding feature of this particular book is that it spans an extensive range of communities and dialects; Italy, Hong Kong, Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Japan, Germany, The Sudan, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Spain, US, UK, French Guiana, Colombia,and Libya.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|53 pages
Dialects in localised and delocalised contexts
chapter 3|19 pages
Dialect performances in Superdiverse communities
part II|71 pages
Nation-states and identity construction in relation to a standard and a dialect
chapter 4|15 pages
The construction of linguistic borders and the rise of national identity in South Sudan
chapter 7|15 pages
“Sloppy speech is like sloppy dress”
part III|102 pages
Contact, variation, performance and metalinguistic discourse
chapter 9|19 pages
“You live in the United States, you speak English,” decían las maestras
chapter 10|13 pages
The social meanings of Wolof and French
chapter 12|16 pages
New presentations of self in everyday life
chapter 13|17 pages
Language and identity in Siwa Oasis
part IV|113 pages
The media, dialect performance, and language variation
