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An important tool in such identity construction in various contexts has been shown to be the first-person plural pronoun. The purpose of this study is to explain writers’ uses of first-person plural pronouns to construct identity in letters to the editor in the 21st-century post-colonial context in a Kenyan and a Sri Lankan newspaper. Assuming a variational pragmatics perspective, we analyze the pronouns to determine the intended reference and the relation to structural features of the letter and assigned responsibility for situational problems and solutions. The results indicate that despite marked variation between the Kenyan and Sri Lankan letters in how explicitly solutions are called for and responsible actors are named, first-person plural pronoun usage exhibits strong similarity. In both datasets, slightly over half the pronouns reference a national identity, which accords with the most prominent topic area by far being government form, policy, and services and the behavior of politicians and government officials. Among the other half, ambiguous reference is the most prominent category. Ambiguous and shifting use can mitigate directness in assigning blame and expectation, thus avoiding the construction of an identity judged unacceptable confrontational by local norms. Moreover, since interpretation of ambiguous language requires more participation from the reader, the assignment of responsibility becomes a more collaborative activity, reinforcing the community membership of the writer. Keyword: editor; letters; Linguistics; Literature and Language; post-colonial URL: https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5592 BASE Hide details 2 Let Us Plead With Our Government: Rights, Responsibilities, and the First-Person Plural in Letters to the Editor in Sri Lankan and Kenyan Englishes McGarry, Theresa; Michieka, Martha In: ETSU Faculty Works (2018) BASE Show details 3 Responsibility in Letters to the Editor in Sri Lankan and Kenyan Englishes McGarry, Theresa; Michieka, Martha In: ETSU Faculty Works (2018) BASE Show details 4 Who Did It? Crutchfield, C.; McGarry, Theresa In: ETSU Faculty Works (2018) BASE Show details 5 Adverbial clauses and speaker and interlocutor gender in Shakespeare’s plays [<Journal>] McGarry, Theresa [Verfasser]; Kiser, Kelsey [Verfasser] DNB Subject Category Language Show details 6 Songs and Memories for Expanding Vocabulary and Grammar Marotta, R.; McGarry, Theresa In: ETSU Faculty Works (2017) BASE Show details 7 Teaching the Ramayana McGarry, Theresa In: ETSU Faculty Works (2017) BASE Show details 8 Adverbial Clauses and Speaker and Interlocutor Gender in Shakespeare’s Plays McGarry, Theresa; Kiser, Kelsey In: ETSU Faculty Works (2017) BASE Show details 9 Adverbial Clause Usage and Gender in English, Spanish, and French McGarry, Theresa; Mwinyelle, J. In: ETSU Faculty Works (2016) BASE Show details 10 Listen and Complete: Understanding One-Liners McGarry, Theresa In: ETSU Faculty Works (2016) BASE Show details 11 Vocabulary Concept Card Game: Reviewing Vocabulary With Applied Concepts McGarry, Theresa; Blumenstock, A. In: ETSU Faculty Works (2015) BASE Show details 12 Attitudes to Storytelling among Adult ESL Learners McGarry, Theresa; Kim, Mi-Ryoung In: ETSU Faculty Works (2014) BASE Show details 13 English Translations of the Reading Passages in James W. Gair & W. S. Karunatilaka McGarry, Theresa In: ETSU Faculty Works (2014) BASE Show details 14 Adverbial Clauses and Gender in English and Spanish McGarry, Theresa; Mwinyelle, J. In: ETSU Faculty Works (2014) BASE Show details 15 Gender-Linked Variation Across Languages Elhindi, Yousif; McGarry, Theresa In: ETSU Authors Bookshelf (2013) BASE Show details 16 Review Of Politeness and Culture in Second Language Acquisition McGarry, Theresa In: ETSU Faculty Works (2013) BASE Show details 17 Topic Introduction Elements in Single-Gender and Mixed-Gender Social Club Business Meeting in the US McGarry, Theresa In: ETSU Faculty Works (2013) BASE Show details 18 Review of Making Requests by Chinese EFL Learners McGarry, Theresa In: ETSU Faculty Works (2012) BASE Show details 19 Inductive Teaching for Oral Skills McGarry, Theresa; Mwinvelle, J. In: ETSU Faculty Works (2012) BASE Show details 20 Interaction of Task-Induced Involvement Components in Lexical Acquisition McGarry, Theresa; Michieka, M. In: ETSU Faculty Works (2011) BASE Show details Page: 1 2 3

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