Epistemics, Interactional Identities, and Language Ideologies in Debates About Latinx and Latine on Social Media: How Spanish and "Latino" Identity Construction Are Leveraged to Challenge Gender-Inclusive Identity Labels

被引:1
作者
Puterbaugh, Benjamin [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ S Florida, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
关键词
epistemics; gender inclusivity; language ideologies; Latinx; social media; Spanish; RACE;
D O I
10.1111/josl.12692
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
The current study analyzes disalignment strategies in social media users' metapragmatic discussions centering on the panethnic gender-inclusive terms Latinx and Latine. Data included 70 comments and replies responding to two posts by the media companies Remezcla and Netflix on Facebook and Instagram, respectively. The study's findings indicate that most users responded negatively to the terms, in many cases reproducing harmful language ideologies. Through careful epistemic management, these users constructed identities as "legitimate" members of the "Latino" speech community. One of the primary discourse strategies identified for doing so was codeswitching between English and Spanish. In this particular context, the strategic deployment of Spanish allowed users to position themselves against gender-inclusive panethnic labels. Speakers also engaged in aggressive othering strategies to attribute Latinx/e to socially progressive imagined communities. Finally, the study's findings demonstrate how social media users established their authority through tactics of intersubjectivity and, in doing so, policed the language of others. El presente estudio analiza las estrategias de desalineaci & oacute;n en las discusiones metapragm & aacute;ticas de usuarios de redes sociales centradas en los t & eacute;rminos pan & eacute;tnicos con inclusi & oacute;n de g & eacute;nero Latinx y Latine. Los datos incluyeron 70 comentarios y respuestas a dos publicaciones de las compa & ntilde;& iacute;as de medios Remezcla y Netflix en Facebook e Instagram, respectivamente. Los hallazgos del estudio indican que la mayor & iacute;a de los usuarios respondieron negativamente a estos t & eacute;rminos, en muchos casos reproduciendo ideolog & iacute;as ling & uuml;& iacute;sticas da & ntilde;inas. A trav & eacute;s de gesti & oacute;n epist & eacute;mica estos usuarios construyeron identidades como miembros "leg & iacute;timos" del Latino speech community. Una de las principales estrategias discursivas identificadas para hacerlo fue el cambio de c & oacute;digo entre ingl & eacute;s y espa & ntilde;ol. En este contexto particular, el despliegue estrat & eacute;gico del espa & ntilde;ol permiti & oacute; a los usuarios posicionarse en contra de las etiquetas pan & eacute;tnicas con inclusi & oacute;n de g & eacute;nero. Los hablantes tambi & eacute;n se involucraron en agresivas estrategias de othering para atribuir Latinx/e a comunidades imaginadas socialmente progresistas. Finalmente, los hallazgos del estudio demuestran c & oacute;mo los usuarios de redes sociales establecieron su autoridad a trav & eacute;s de t & aacute;cticas de intersubjetividad y, al hacerlo, vigilaron el lenguaje de los dem & aacute;s.
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