Language, Identity and Symbolic Culture

Part I: Language and Identity: A Theoretical Perspective
1. Introduction, David Evans (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
2. Meaning; from inner structure to post-structure, David Evans (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
3. Discourse Formation, David Evans (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
Part II: Urban Discourses
4. "DFLs" versus "Locals": Discursive Conflict on Social Media and the Battle for Regional Identity, Christopher Anderson (Canterbury Christchurch University, UK)
5. Youth Identities: Media discourse in the formation of youth identity, Patricia Giardiello (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Part III: Marginalized Discourse
6. Language - Culture: Marginalisation or Opportunity in Cameroon's official 'state bilingualism', Henry Kum (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
7. Refugee Communities: The disappearance of voice and impact on care and identity, Henry Kum (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
8. Subalternity, Language and Projects of Emancipation: An Analysis of Dalit Literature, Joseph M.T. (University of Mumbai, India)
9. Mandarin Chinese in Education and Society in Xinjiang, Mamtimyn Sunuodula (Durham University, UK)
Part IV: Pedagogical Discourse
10. Cultural Discourses in the Foreign Language Classroom: economic opportunity, instrumental motivation or cultural understanding, David Evans (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
11. Teacher Development through Classroom Discourse Analysis: The Self Evaluation of Teacher Talk (SETT) instrument developed by Walsh (2007), Karin Zotzmann (University of Southampton, UK)
12. Conclusion: A pedagogy for marginalized language-culture, David Evans (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
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