Language and age identities among older Greek Cypriot women
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Charalambidou, A. 2015. Language and age identities among older Greek Cypriot women. Modern Greek Studies (Australia and New Zealand).
Type | Article |
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Title | Language and age identities among older Greek Cypriot women |
Authors | Charalambidou, A. |
Abstract | This contribution discusses the language and social practices of older Greek Cypriot women. It looks at the casual, every-day interactions of an all-female group, with a long interactional history (most of them in their seventies). The ethnomethodological approach to identities is adopted, and a toolkit from membership categorisation analysis and conversation analysis is used. This paper shows how the participants employ various terms, with distinct meaning and associated features, to categorise self and others as “older women”. The discussion includes certain emblematic uses of |
Research Group | English Language and Literature |
Publisher | Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand |
Journal | Modern Greek Studies (Australia and New Zealand) |
Publication dates | |
01 Aug 2015 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 26 Aug 2015 |
Accepted | 01 Aug 2014 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | |
Copyright Statement | Copyright in each contribution to this journal belongs to its author. |
Additional information | Reading, Interpreting, Experiencing - Special Issue of Modern Greek Studies (Australia and New Zealand) |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/2328/35486 |
Language | English |
Page range | 112-124 |
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