[en] WHO IS UP ON WHATSAPP?: THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITIES IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

[pt] FABRINI DE OLIVEIRA RODRIGUES

[en] EVALUATION

[en] WHATSAPP

[en] APPRAISAL SYSTEM

[en] SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS

[en] IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION

[en] DISCOURSE

[en] Despite the growing number of studies on identity construction through linguistic interaction (Silverstain,1979, Norton, 2000, Bucholtz and Hall, 2005), etc, much of the data sources on which these studies are based comprise transcribed personal diaries and interviews (Norton, 2000; Pierce, 1995). The present study analyses the written chat history of an intermediate EFL learner WhatsApp group from a private school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From a systemic-functional linguistics perspective (Halliday, 1977), using the Appraisal system (Martin, 2005), in conjunction with the five-principle identity construction analytical framework proposed by Bucholtz and Hall (2005), it was possible to identify the recurrent construction of different transitory interactional positions, that is, micro identity aspects built by means of a host of evaluative stances. This study, focusing on virtual communication, contributes to the elucidation of how frequently we evaluate things and, by doing so, position ourselves constructing aspects of our fragmented identities in discourse.

MONICA DA COSTA MONTEIRO DE SOUZA

2017-01-23

[pt] TEXTO

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INGLÊS

https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/colecao.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=28793@2

https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.