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Del 113 - DASK – Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft / Duisburg Papers on Research in Language and Culture
Discursive Construction of Bicultural Identity
A Cross-Generational Sociolinguistic Study on Oromo-Americans in Minnesota
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
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The author examines the cultural identity development of Oromo-Americans in Minnesota, an ethnic group originally located within the national borders of Ethiopia. Earlier studies on language and cultural identity have shown that the degree of ethnic orientation of minorities commonly decreases from generation to generation. Yet oppression and a visible minority status were identified as factors delaying the process of de-ethnicization. Given that Oromos fled persecution in Ethiopia and are confronted with the ramifications of a visible minority status in the U.S., it can be expected that they have retained strong ties to their ethnic culture. This study, however, came to a more complex and theory-building result.
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Although recent studies have given empirical evidence of the fact that there is no such thing as genderlects, i.e. binary gender-specific speech styles, it is striking how traditional ideas of gender differences still prevail in public discourse. This book provides a meta-analytic discussion of different studies on gender and language to show why the existence of genderlects has never been convincingly proven. In the process, the analytical focus is put on features which were frequently used as variables in earlier researches to test the validity of genderlects such as hedges and interruptions. The goal of the current book is to emphasize the necessity to dispose of the term genderlect if one aspires to overcome sexist discourses.