英语专业学生英语口头叙事中的自我形象——词语搭配研究视角(-38)

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Identity is a process that (1) takes places in specific interactional occasions (2) yields multiple identities instead of individual constructs (3) does not simply originate from the individual, but results from processes of negotiation that are basically social, and (4) entails “discursive work”
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Interim summary of discursive identity
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Discursive Identity is the emergent propert(ies) of the subject.
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Emergent properties are what we can describe and capture at a certain time.
Text Socio-cultural context
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Storied Self in Another Language: A Collocational Approach to Interlanguage Identity
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Continuous lexical phrases, e.g. of course
Discontinuous collocational framework, Phr.V.
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Defining Concgram (框合结构)
=sth that we’re sure about
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Multiple dimensions of collocates
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Cosmos: Google images


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Identity as a theoretical construct Discursive identity Corpus method Collocation profiled identity

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Concgram + Keywords approach
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Case: storied self in another language
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Identity as a theoretical construct Discursive identity Corpus method Collocation profiled identity
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Identity as a theoretical construct Discursive identity Corpus method Collocation profiled identity
From image to the object/subject
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Lexical Priming—Michael Hoey
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Collocation in discourse
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You shall tell a man by the company he keeps. 观其友，知其人/物以类聚、人以群分
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Identity as a theoretical construct
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Social constructionist perspective to identity
de Fina, Schiffrin & Bamberg (2006: 2)
You shall know a word by the company it keeps! 观其友，识其义
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Defining Collocation
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Words in habitual company. Firth (1951/1957)
话语中的人是现实中的人在文本世界的显影
（profiling + re-presentation + approximation） 人如其文、文如其人
Language, Identity: Ancient city metaphor
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How is language/identity shaped or constructed? Our language can be seen as an ancient city: a maze Identity of little streets and squares, of old and new houses, and of houses with additions from various periods; and this surrounded by a multitude of new boroughs with straight regular streets and uniform houses.

Concgram + keyword approach
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Case: storied self in another language
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Discursive identity
不知言无以知人也
话语中的人等于现实中的人吗？ D.I. = I.D.?
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RQ: What is a Chinese English major student like as they were created in their own stories? Who is 施惟可? Self-created collective identity
Pulling them all together
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Tripartite identification
S. Net S. Net S. Net id S. Net id id id id S. Net
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Concgram + Keyword approach
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Case: storied self in another language
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Collocation in everyday life
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Identity, identifiers, anchors 例1：玉□饭店 玉 鱼头泡饼 大鸭梨 玉食饭店
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Identity as a theoretical construct Discursive identity
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Corpus method Collocation profiled identity Concgram + keywords approach
–Ludwig Wittgenstein
Cited in M. Tomasello. 2003. Constructing a Language: A Usage-based Theory of Language Acquisition. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press. P. 94. ontogenetic（个体发生），phylogenetic（系统发生）
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Dimensions of analyzing discursive identity
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1st dimension: individual identifiers 2nd dimension: social network 3rd dimension: interactional agency
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all of the permutations of constituency and positional variation generated by the association of two or more words. Most concgrams seem to be non-contiguous, and show both constituency (AB, ACB) and positional (AB, BA) variations. 帮忙，帮个忙，帮了一个大忙，这个忙你得帮 corpus conference, conference on corpus, conference focusing on corpus
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Situated identifications
S3
S1
S2
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Methods in identity studies
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Multi-case method Interview, questionnaire, ethnography Microscope generalizability Telescope Bird’s-eye view Less biased Corpus method
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Collocation in identity space
ConcGram Ngram Skipgram
Collo. Node Collo. Collo.
Keyword in context (KWIC)
Case analysis: storied self in another language
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Identity as a theoretical construct
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Who am I? Who is s/he/it? Who are they? Self other
Storied Self in Another Language
A Collocational Approach to Interlanguage Identity
英语专业学生英语口头叙事中的自我形象 ——词语搭配研究视角
Xu Jiajin
Beijing Foreign Studies University
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Using collocation to represent discursive identity
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Identity as a theoretical construct Discursive identity Corpus method Collocation profiled identity Concgram + keywords approach Case analysis: storied self in another language
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