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Sociolinguistic Resources, Individual Identities, and Public Speech Styles of Texas Women
Author(s) -
Johnstone Barbara
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of linguistic anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1548-1395
pISSN - 1055-1360
DOI - 10.1525/jlin.1995.5.2.183
Subject(s) - ideology , ethnic group , identity (music) , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , sociology , social identity theory , gender studies , style (visual arts) , psychology , social group , political science , communication , aesthetics , anthropology , politics , history , law , philosophy , archaeology
Four Texas public speakers claim that region and ethnicity affect their speech but are uncomfortable talking about the influences of gender. They see their styles as expressive of self rather than social identity and as the result of very particular facts about their own predispositions, families, and circumstances. These shapers of public discourse are at least as motivated by the need to express unique, differentiated selves as by the need to replicate social ideologies.