“I joke you don’t”
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Maria Shardakova
Abstract
This chapter reports on a cross-sectional experimental study that explored L2 humor as a means of identity construction. The study focused on the relationship between intended identities claimed by American learners of Russian through humor, and their received identities by native speakers and peers alike. To explain observed differences in focal identity traits between the native speaker group and the learner group, the study drew on Schwartz’s universal model of human values (1992). The study examined the effects of proficiency and study abroad on learners’ identity construction through humor and on the ensuing reception by native speakers as well as learners of Russian.
Abstract
This chapter reports on a cross-sectional experimental study that explored L2 humor as a means of identity construction. The study focused on the relationship between intended identities claimed by American learners of Russian through humor, and their received identities by native speakers and peers alike. To explain observed differences in focal identity traits between the native speaker group and the learner group, the study drew on Schwartz’s universal model of human values (1992). The study examined the effects of proficiency and study abroad on learners’ identity construction through humor and on the ensuing reception by native speakers as well as learners of Russian.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgement ix
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Part I. Orientation
- Introduction 3
- Researching whole people and whole lives 17
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Part II. Qualitative and case studies
- Self-regulatory strategies of foreign language learners 47
- “Opening up to the world”? 75
- Politics of identification in the use of lingua francas in student mobility to Finland and France 101
- An American in Paris 127
- Exploring the potential of high school homestays as a context for local engagement and negotiation of difference 155
- The transformation of “a frog in the well” 179
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Part III. Pragmatics and identity
- “I joke you don’t” 207
- Getting over the hedge 239
- Identity and honorifics use in Korean study abroad 269
- A corpus-based study of vague language use by learners of Spanish in a study abroad context 299
- Afterword 333
- Name index 337
- Subject index 343
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgement ix
-
Part I. Orientation
- Introduction 3
- Researching whole people and whole lives 17
-
Part II. Qualitative and case studies
- Self-regulatory strategies of foreign language learners 47
- “Opening up to the world”? 75
- Politics of identification in the use of lingua francas in student mobility to Finland and France 101
- An American in Paris 127
- Exploring the potential of high school homestays as a context for local engagement and negotiation of difference 155
- The transformation of “a frog in the well” 179
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Part III. Pragmatics and identity
- “I joke you don’t” 207
- Getting over the hedge 239
- Identity and honorifics use in Korean study abroad 269
- A corpus-based study of vague language use by learners of Spanish in a study abroad context 299
- Afterword 333
- Name index 337
- Subject index 343
