Oromiya-Jalata Deffa studied English and American studies with a focus on sociolinguistics at the University of Potsdam. Her research interest is the discursive construction of social identity and she has taught a wide range of sociolinguistic seminars.

• Contents: Cultural identity development of ethnic minorities in a Western diaspora – Oromo-Americans – Language and cultural identity – Social constructionism – Cognitive Sociolinguistics – Pronoun distribution – Pronoun analysis – Conceptual metaphor and metonymy – Tactics of intersubjectivity.

Oromiya-Jalata Deffa studied English and American studies with a focus on sociolinguistics at the University of Potsdam. Her research interest is the discursive construction of social identity and she has taught a wide range of sociolinguistic seminars.

• Contents: Cultural identity development of ethnic minorities in a Western diaspora – Oromo-Americans – Language and cultural identity – Social constructionism – Cognitive Sociolinguistics – Pronoun distribution – Pronoun analysis – Conceptual metaphor and metonymy – Tactics of intersubjectivity.

Oromiya-Jalata Deffa studied English and American studies with a focus on sociolinguistics at the University of Potsdam. Her research interest is the discursive construction of social identity and she has taught a wide range of sociolinguistic seminars.

• Contents: Cultural identity development of ethnic minorities in a Western diaspora – Oromo-Americans – Language and cultural identity – Social constructionism – Cognitive Sociolinguistics – Pronoun distribution – Pronoun analysis – Conceptual metaphor and metonymy – Tactics of intersubjectivity.