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

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

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Frankfurt, M. : Lang-Ed.

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2013

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Inglés

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3631644655

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9783631644652

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Pp.

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Wie neu

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