Realisation, instantiation and individuation: some thoughts on identity in youth justice conferencing

This paper is concerned with identity and how it can be modelled in SFL, with special reference to the roles played by young offenders in Australia's youth justice conferences. These conferences function as a restorative justice alternative to courtroom-based retributive justice. It is proposed that a hierarchy of individuation be established, alongside and complementing realisation and instantiation, responsible for users of language, the ways in which semiotic resources are allocated to them, and the ways in which they use these resources to form social groups. This hierarchy is briefly explored in relation to teenage identity.

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Main Author: Martin,J R
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUC-SP 2009
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502009000300002
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