Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Literature Review 7
2.1 Social identity and identity studies 7
2.1.1 Labovian variationist study of identity 9
2.1.2 The speech community theory 13
2.1.3 Communities of practice theory 18
2.2 Social constructionist approach to identity study 24
2.2.1 Four premises of social constructionism 24
2.2.2 The construction of the world through language 26
2.2.3 Social identity construction 29
2.3 Narrative construction of identity 31
2.3.1 Narrative and narrative analysis 31
2.3.2 Narrative analysis of identity construction 33
2.3.3 The limitations of Labov's evaluation model 35
2.4 The temporal and spatial dimensions of identity 36
2.5 Towards a realist approach to sociolinguistic study of identitv 38
Chapter 3 Methodology 44
3.1 Data collection and sample selection 44
3.2 Analytical framework 49
3.2.1 Case study approach 49
3.2.2 Critical discourse analysis approach 51
3.2.3 Genre analysis approach 55
3.2.3.1 The concept of genre 55
3.2.3.2 Bakhtin's genre theory 57
3.2.3.3 Lemke's genre theory 57
3.2.3.4 News reports on laid-off women workers 60
Chapter 4 Data Analysis 62
4.1 The government's theoretical description 63
4.1.1 Foucault's constructionist approach 64
4.1.2 Data analysis 70
4.1.2.1 Policy discourses guiding the reform inside state-owned enterprises 70
4.1.2.2 Defining the lay-offs staff 72
4.1.2.3 Defining the serviceJ(tertiary)industry 80
4 1.2.4 Defining lifelong training 82
4.1.2.5 Reemployment discourse 86
4.1.3 Summary 106
4.2 Media-projected identity of laid-off women workers 108
4.2.1 Stance 111
4.2.2 Contexts 123
4.2.3 Problems 127
4.2.4 Solutions 129
4.2.5 Summary 133
4.3 Narrative analysis of the identity construction 135
4.3.1 Narrative structure analysis 135
4.3.2 The functional analysis of narrative evaluation 148
4.3.2.1 External evaluation 149
4.3.2.2 Internal evaluation 158
4.3.3 Summary 165
Chapter 5 Conclusion 167
Notes 176
References 178
A List of Our Published Papers 198
Appendix 1．简述Fairclough的语篇分析观 199
Appendix 2．语篇分析视角的再思考 208
Appendix 3．下岗女工身份构建的叙事分析 218
Appendix 4．长春市下岗女工身份构建的个案分析 233
Appendix 5．保险业务员身份构建的个案分析 243
Appendix 6．论下岗女工身份的多重性 251