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Identity is something which we are constantly building and negotiating through our interaction with others
How can language indicate identity؟
here you grew up, where you went to school and how wealthy (or not) your family were will to be displayed through the variety of the language that you speak.
The most obvious difference in the way people speak is in their
Accent (pronunciation).
Dialect (grammatical structure)
Social class
Education.
Speakers tend to use their linguistic identity for the different reasons
1- to disguise their membership of a particular social or regional group.
2- to distance themselves from a particular social or regional group.
3- to move closer to another group they want to belong to.
Names can cause problems, particularly if they don’t fit in with the conventions of a community.
Children’s playground practice of ‘calling someone names’ is a powerful resource for a dominant group to enforce their dominance and marginalise others
The way that people use your name in a certain context helps to establish your identity within that context.
The way that other speakers refer to you can depend on
a. the degree of formality.
b. the degree of intimacy
c. your relative status of all the participants involved in the interaction
The way address terms are used can have important implications on the
participants.