Lengua y Migracion
Volume 11, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 99-123

The words of identity in the workplace. Lexical choices and thematic preferences of immigrant women in Madrid [Las palabras de la identidad en el ámbito laboral. Elecciones léxicas y preferencias temáticas de las mujeres inmigrantes de Madrid] (Article)

Ainciburu M.C. , Buttazzi I.
  • a Departamento de Lenguas Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid, 28015, Spain, Dipartimento di Studi Aziendali e Giuridici, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, 53100, Italy
  • b Departamento de Lenguas Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid, 28015, Spain, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy

Abstract

In previous research on questionnaires and interviews of men and women identity differs using linguistic forms and thematic perspectives. This study aims to investigate the identity of immigrants in the workplace. For this purpose, 100 simulated interviews are analysed that compose a corpus from the Spanish language certification for immigrant workers of the Community of Madrid (Diploma LETRA). Transcripts are processed in order to create different micrographs according to the genres studied. The most frequent lexical units are exemplified and analysed, returning their meaning in the contexts of extraction. The results show that differences reported by other authors in native are also presented in non-native selection. Women express different thematic preferences than men when they talk about themselves in the workplace, judge them as pertinent and are able to find justifications for inserting these topics. © Universidad de Alcalá.

Author Keywords

Identity and immigration Heuristic representation strategies Lexical choice Thematic preferences Autobiographical description

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85072804088&partnerID=40&md5=73170d50028fa7d85311326575031dfc
ISSN: 18895425
Original Language: Spanish