Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace

This study offers an interaction analytic account of how linguistic identities in internationalized workplaces in Denmark are indexed against members' institutional positions in particular interactional contexts. Where language policy may not be explicitly articulated between members, it is sti...

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Main Author: Hazel, Spencer
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36295/
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description This study offers an interaction analytic account of how linguistic identities in internationalized workplaces in Denmark are indexed against members' institutional positions in particular interactional contexts. Where language policy may not be explicitly articulated between members, it is still embedded in how participants micro-manage their interactions and implicit in how members display orientations to deviance, in the case of encountering others in the workplace whose language repertoires or preferences do not meet with expectation pertaining to the institutional position they hold. The study uses recordings of naturally occurring interaction in different international workplace settings and argues for greater attention to be paid to the actual language-policy practices in international workplace settings, as an entry point into developing a more nuanced understanding of the practices through which professional identities are brought about, affirmed or contested, and the linguistic considerations that are implicated in this.
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spelling nottingham-362952020-05-04T17:01:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36295/ Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace Hazel, Spencer This study offers an interaction analytic account of how linguistic identities in internationalized workplaces in Denmark are indexed against members' institutional positions in particular interactional contexts. Where language policy may not be explicitly articulated between members, it is still embedded in how participants micro-manage their interactions and implicit in how members display orientations to deviance, in the case of encountering others in the workplace whose language repertoires or preferences do not meet with expectation pertaining to the institutional position they hold. The study uses recordings of naturally occurring interaction in different international workplace settings and argues for greater attention to be paid to the actual language-policy practices in international workplace settings, as an entry point into developing a more nuanced understanding of the practices through which professional identities are brought about, affirmed or contested, and the linguistic considerations that are implicated in this. Taylor & Francis 2015-03-01 Article PeerReviewed Hazel, Spencer (2015) Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace. Language and Intercultural Communication, 15 (1). pp. 141-160. ISSN 1470-8477 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14708477.2014.985311 doi: 10.1080/14708477.2014.985311 doi: 10.1080/14708477.2014.985311
spellingShingle Hazel, Spencer
Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace
title Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace
title_full Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace
title_fullStr Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace
title_full_unstemmed Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace
title_short Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace
title_sort identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace
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