Style: Language Variation and Identity

Key Topics in Sociolinguistics

by Nikolas Coupland

Style refers to ways of speaking - how speakers use the resource of language variation to make meaning in social encounters. This 2007 book develops a coherent theoretical approach to style in sociolinguistics, illustrated with copious examples. It explains how speakers project different social identities and create different social relationships through their style choices, and how speech-style and social context inter-relate. Style therefore refers to the wide range of strategic actions and performances that speakers engage in, to construct themselves and their social lives. Coupland draws on and integrates a wide variety of contemporary sociolinguistic research as well as his own extensive research in this field. The emphasis is on how social meanings are made locally, in specific relationships, genres, groups and cultures, and on studying language variation as part of the analysis of spoken discourse.

Genres: Linguistics, Academic

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Kat]

I’ve aged 10 years

[Isabel Pie · Rating 4 out of 5]

boas reflexões
fiquei meio perdida nos exemplos super britânicos (mas por um lado até que é bom sair um pouco do mundinho estadunidense né)
algumas reflexões podem ser datadas porque o livro já tem 15 anos, principalmente no que diz respeito a mídia e comunicação, já que muito mudou nesse aspecto durante os últimos anos

[Theo · Rating 4 out of 5]

o texto é meio atravancado, mas no geral achei fascinante. indispensável pra quem estuda sociolinguística e/ou discurso.