Identity is constructed jointly by several indexical levels rather than one

Evidence

The range of phenomena discussed in this section attests to the wealth of linguistic resources that contribute to the production of identity positions. Disparate indexical processes of labeling, implicature, stance taking, style marking, and code choice work to construct identities, both micro and macro, as well as those somewhere in between. By considering identity formation at multiple indexical levels rather than focusing on only one, we can assemble a much richer portrait of subjectivity and intersubjectivity as they are constituted in interaction. — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction, 70

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the full catalogue of indexical processes (labeling, implicature, stance, style, code choice) that jointly build identity at micro through macro levels.
• DEEPTHINKING: A compact methodological creed for the whole ‘identity in interaction’ project — worth sitting with since it demands assembling multiple indexical levels for a rich portrait of subjectivity and intersubjectivity.
• XREF: connects to: Static categories only partly explain identity positioning — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction: A…, 46; Same linguistic form can index identity at nested scales — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction: A…, 45; Identity is a contradictory, multi-discursive, non-closed totality (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Identity is a contradictory, multi-discursive, non-closed totality #expands (0.75)
• Identity is constituted within representation rather than pre-existing it #expands (0.72)