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1100  2022$c2022-08-18
1500  eng
2050  urn:nbn:de:hbz:465-20220920-140435-6
2051  10.3390/languages7030219
3000  Wentker, Michael
3010  Schneider, Carolin
4000  And She Be like ‘Tenemos Frijoles en la Casa’$dCode-Switching and Identity Construction on YouTube  [Wentker, Michael]
4209  This empirical case study explores the (co-)construction and negotiation of identities through code-switching (CS) as found on the video-sharing platform YouTube, disentangling the complexities of social practice anchored in a discursive online environment. Drawing on a YouTube comment corpus and paying special attention to the socio-technical affordances of the platform, the study examines users’ positioning practices and metapragmatic replies in response to a culturally themed video priming discussion about LatinX family stereotypes. More specifically, it analyses how users discursively position themselves vis-à-vis the video and which linguistic strategies they exploit to (co-)construct and negotiate their cultural identity. Focusing on interrelated positioning devices such as code-choice, identity labels and quoting, this contribution proposes a multi-level model of analysis to account for the dynamic interplay between CS practices and identity construction in a heterogeneous online space. Following a social-constructivist approach to identity, CS is shown to reinforce in-group solidarity rooted in the shared experience and discussion of LatinX culture and provides evidence of a sense of togetherness in an emerging community of practice.
4950  https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7030219$xR$3Volltext$534
4950  https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:465-20220920-140435-6$xR$3Volltext$534
4961  https://duepublico2.uni-due.de/receive/duepublico_mods_00076906
5051  400
5550  code-switching (CS)
5550  community of practice (CofP)
5550  computer-mediated communication (CMC)
5550  digital discourse
5550  identity construction
5550  metapragmatics positioning
5550  quoting
5550  YouTube