Hi Sergio

I'll love to read about the research when you write them up in English.

Best.

mahendra

Mahendra Verma
Dept. of Lang. & Ling. Science
Un iversity of York
York, UK.

On Sep 6 2007, sergio pasquandrea wrote:

> For those who may be interested: my Ph.D. thesis, entitled
> "Code-switching e identità: pratiche discorsive di famiglie italiane in
> paesi anglofoni" ("Code-switching and identity: discursive pratices of
> italian families in Englis-speaking countries"), is available for free
> download here:
>
> http://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-09052007-125152/
>
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>
> Unfortunately, it is only in Italian, but I hope I will be able to
> publish some excerpts in English soon.
>
> This is an abstract in English:
>
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> The subject of this dissertation is the relationship between
> code-switching and the discursive displaying of identities (particularly
> ethnic ones).
>
> Using the methodologies of conversation analysis and other
> interactionist approaches (interpretive sociolinguistics, discursive
> psychology, narrative analysis, symbolic interactionism), I analyze about
> 30 hours of spontaneous interaction, videotaped in 10 families of Italian
> immigrants in Australia and U.S.A.
>
> I support a notion of identity as a discursive constuct, negotiated and
> made relevant by the participants in the interaction through various
> means, including language alternation.
>
> I also argue that the language chosen for the interaction depends only
> partially on macro-social factors, and is significatively conditioned by
> local and contextual elements.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Sergio Pasquandrea
>
>
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