Language Identity as Social Identity:
A Theoretical Approach to the Role Language and Languages Play in Making a Life
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2013-07-15
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My thesis expands on the work of Charles Taylor and K. Anthony Appiah on the role that social identities (e.g. identities based on gender or race ) play in making an authentic life, by arguing for the existence of a "language identity," as something that could itself mediate social interactions.
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Princeton University Senior Theses