Trans-National English in Social Media Communities

This book explores the use of English within otherwise local-language conversations by two continental European social media communities. The analysis of these communities serves not only as a comparison of online language practices, but also as a close look at how globalization phenomena and ‘inter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dailey-O’Cain, Jennifer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:Language and Globalization
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • - Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Language Ideologies, Multilingualism, and Social Media
  • Chapter 3. The Who and the What: Amounts and Types of English
  • Chapter 4. The How: Interactional Functions of English
  • Chapter 5. The Why: Ideology, Positioning, and Attitudes Toward English
  • Chapter 6. English as a Trans-National Language