Variation in language : faces of facebook English

Bibliographic description

title:	Variation in language : faces of facebook English
author:	Dąbrowska Marta
series editor:	Chrzanowska-Kluczewska Elżbieta , Witalisz Władysław
date of publication:	2013
place of publication : name of publisher:	Frankfurt am Main Berlin Bern Bruxelles New York Oxford Wien : Peter Lang Edition
pages:	366
ISBN:	978-3-631-64465-2
eISBN:	978-3-653-03196-6
series:	Text, Meaning, Context, ISSN 2191-1894; Vol. 7
notes:	Bibliogr. 311-366
language:	English
abstract in english:	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.
keywords in english:	Facebook, variation in English, computer-mediated communication, code-switching
number of pulisher's sheets:	24
affiliation:	Wydział Filologiczny : Instytut Filologii Angielskiej
type:	book
subtype:	monography