This volume explores the concepts of reference and identity in public discourses. Its contributions study discourse-specific reference and labelling patterns, b

A look at the various cognitive, social, and linguistic aspects of how social identities are constructed, forgrounded and redefined in interaction. Concepts and

The relationship between language, discourse and identity has always been a major area of sociolinguistic investigation. In more recent times, the field has bee

Gender and discourse interface in many more epistemological sites than can be represented in one collection. Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis therefore fo

In this volume we approach the question of what it is to be European by considering the way in which citizens talk about their everyday lives, as they are perce