Exploring Self-identification and the Functions of the Identify as Construction in the LGBTQ+ Reddit Corpus

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Exploring Self-identification and the Functions of the Identify as Construction in the LGBTQ+ Reddit Corpus

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Computer mediated communication has played an important role in shaping the current discourses on gender and sexuality by bringing together often dispersed minorities and providing an anonymous space to explore questions related to identity (e.g., Darwin 2017, Harper et al. 2016). We explore linguistic self-identification practices among sexual and gender minorities on the discussion forum Reddit. For this purpose, we have compiled the LGBTQ+ Reddit Corpus (c. 44 million words). This chapter focuses on investigating the textual functions of the construction identify as. Our findings suggest that the construction is a productive discursive means for claiming a specific identity and positioning oneself in the discourse (e.g., I identify as nonbinary). However, the construction is also used for labelling others, and employed in meta-discussions, for example. In the paper, we describe the corpus and its compilation, and present our qualitatively orientated analysis, discussing and contextualizing online self-identification practices within the broader discourse on gender and sexuality.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Exploring Self-identification and the Functions of the Identify as Construction in the LGBTQ+ Reddit Corpus

Popis výsledku anglicky

Computer mediated communication has played an important role in shaping the current discourses on gender and sexuality by bringing together often dispersed minorities and providing an anonymous space to explore questions related to identity (e.g., Darwin 2017, Harper et al. 2016). We explore linguistic self-identification practices among sexual and gender minorities on the discussion forum Reddit. For this purpose, we have compiled the LGBTQ+ Reddit Corpus (c. 44 million words). This chapter focuses on investigating the textual functions of the construction identify as. Our findings suggest that the construction is a productive discursive means for claiming a specific identity and positioning oneself in the discourse (e.g., I identify as nonbinary). However, the construction is also used for labelling others, and employed in meta-discussions, for example. In the paper, we describe the corpus and its compilation, and present our qualitatively orientated analysis, discussing and contextualizing online self-identification practices within the broader discourse on gender and sexuality.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

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Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Linguistics across Disciplinary Borders: The March of Data

ISBN

978-1-350-36227-7

Počet stran výsledku

29

Strana od-do

213-241

Počet stran knihy

264

Název nakladatele

Bloomsbury Academic

Místo vydání

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Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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