Variation in language : faces of facebook english. Text - meaning - context ; Vol. 7

Dabrowska, Marta:

ISBN 10: 3631644655 / ISBN 13: 9783631644652

Editore: Frankfurt, M. : Lang-Ed., 2013

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366 S. ; 22 cm Neuwertig. - Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements 9 -- Preface 11 -- Overview of the content of the book and its methodological framework 13 -- PARTI -- SETTING THE SCENE 17 -- Chapter One -- Geographical and Social Aspects of Variation in English 19 -- 1.1. The concept of variation and variety 19 -- 1.1.1. Geographical and regional variation 22 -- 1.1.1.1. Accent 24 -- 1.2. Standard English 26 -- 1.3. The spread of English outside the British Isles 29 -- 1.4. Social variation 33 -- 1.5. Ethnolects 37 -- 1.6. Registers and styles 41 -- 1.6.1. Slang and antilanguages 45 -- 1.7. Spoken vs. written language 47 -- Chapter Two -- Variation in Language: Gender and Age 51 -- 2.1. Introduction 51 -- 2.2. An overview of genderlect studies 51 -- 2.2.1. Linguistic etiquette 60 -- 2.3. Age as a sociolinguistic parameter 63 -- Chapter Three -- Variation and Language Contact 69 -- 3.1. Community of practice 69 -- 3.2. The status and position of English in the modem world 72 -- 3.3. Native and non-native speakers of English 76 -- 3.4. Language contact 84 -- 3.4.1. Borrowing 85 -- 3.4.2. Bilingualism and bilinguality 90 -- 3.4.3. Code-switching 95 -- 3.4.3.1. An overview of code-switching studies 100 -- 3.4.3.2. The Matrix Language in the analysed switches 101 -- 3.4.4. Pidgins and Creoles 104 -- 3.4.5. New Englishes 108 -- Chapter Four -- Computer-Mediated Communication 117 -- 4.1. Computer-Mediated Communication as a multifaceted medium 117 -- 4.2. History and development of CMC 120 -- 4.3. Asynchronous mode 122 -- 4.4. Synchronous mode 131 -- 4.5. Language and the Internet 135 -- 4.6. Computer-Mediated Communication as a source of sociolinguistic data 139 -- PART II -- ANALYSING VARIATION IN ENGLISH 143 -- Chapter Five -- Attitudes to English in the Outer and Expanding Circles 145 -- 5.1. The scope of the study 145 -- 5.2. History of English in India 145 -- 5.3. History of English in Poland 147 -- 5.4. Attitudes to English as a second and as a foreign language 150 -- 5.5. Attitudes to English in India . 162 -- 5.6. Attitudes to English in Poland 182 ISBN 9783631644652 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 563.

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• Titolo: Variation in language : faces of facebook english. Text - meaning - context ; Vol. 7
• Editore: Frankfurt, M. : Lang-Ed.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3631644655
• ISBN 13: 9783631644652
• Rilegatura: Pp.
• Condizione: Wie neu
• Peso: 563 grammi
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Riassunto

The modern age has further expanded on the multifaceted character of English, which is used not only in many places in the world, but also by a variety of users in numerous contexts. Technical innovations have led to the rise of new registers and offered scholars new tools to study language variation. Set in the context of the electronic medium of social networking, and additionally enriched with findings from the field of language attitude studies, this study explores features of English used in the Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circles, here represented by the UK, India, and Poland. The analysis of the English used by Facebook members demonstrates cultural differences as well as gender and age similarities in the area of e.g. politeness, emotionality, informality or code-switching.

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Marta Dabrowska is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of English Studies of the Jagiellonian University of Cracow. She lectures in sociolinguistics and history of English. Her main research areas are genderlects, CMC, and language contact, in particular the area of attitudes to languages, code-switching and New Englishes.