Construction of Identity in the Discourse of Ultimate Frisbee (on the Material of Descriptions of Teams)
The article explores the linguistic methods of (self-)positioning and construction of identity in the sports subculture ultimate frisbee. The research is based on the material of 52 description texts of teams and on the data that has been collected by using ethnographic methods (polls, interviews, participant observation). The study focuses on the phenomenon of group identity, in particular on its gender component. The article identifies semantic dominants that form the basis of the construction of group identity; it describes number of gender relevant strategies for (self-)positioning.