Discursive Construction of Bicultural Identity: A Cross-Generational Sociolinguistic Study on Oromo-Americans in Minnesota

Contributor(s): Pütz, Martin (Other), Deffa, Oromiya-Jalata (Author)

ISBN: 9783631673126

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Hardcover

$89.30

Pub Date: March 29, 2016

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.69" H x 8.27" L x 5.83" W ( 1.03 lbs) 233 pages

BISAC Categories:

Language Arts and Disciplines | Public Speaking and Speech Writing | Language Study | English as a Second Language

Series: Dask - Duisburger Arbeiten Zur Sprach- Und Kulturwissenschaft / Duisburg Papers On Research In Langu

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Description: The author analyzes the discursive construction of cultural identity by examining the cultural identity development of Oromo-Americans in Minnesota. To this end, three linguistic methods were applied: pronoun analysis, conceptual metaphor theory, and the tactics of intersubjectivity.