Codeswitching on the web / Lars Hinrichs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinrichs, Lars.

Series:

Pragmatics & Beyond New Series

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; v. 147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Code switching (Linguistics).

Creole dialects, English--Social aspects--Jamaica.

Creole dialects, English.

English language--Social aspects--Jamaica.

English language.

Electronic mail messages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on a corpus of private email from Jamaican university students, this study explores the discourse functions of Jamaican Creole in computer-mediated communication. From this participant-centered perspective, it contributes to the longstanding theoretical debates in creole studies about the creole continuum. The book will likewise be useful to students of computer-mediated communication, the use and development of non-standardized languages, language ecology, and codeswitching. The central methodological issue in this study is codeswitching in written language, a neglected area of study at the moment since most literature in codeswitching research is based on spoken data. The three analytical chapters present the data in a critical discussion of established and more recent theoretical approaches to codeswitching. Fields that will benefit from this book include interactional sociolinguistics, creole studies, English as a world language, computer-mediated discourse analysis, and linguistic anthropology.

Contents:

Codeswitching on the Web

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1.1 An oral language in a written medium

1.2 Outline of the study

1.3 Background

1.4 The data: compilation and structure of the corpus

1.5 Methodology

The creole continuum and CMC

2.1 Is the creole continuum reflected in Jamaican CMC?

2.2 Has a new variety of Jamaican English evolved in CMC?

How the situation determines code choice - a "simple, almost one-to-one relationship"?

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Situational codeswitching in the corpus

Giving contextualization cues

4.1 'Metaphorical codeswitching' in Gumperz's model

4.2 'We' and 'they' - sequential aspects of switching for contextualization cues

4.3 Summary

Codeswitching and identity

5.1 Recent theoretical developments in sociolinguistics and discourse studies

5.2 Acts of Identity: convergence as identifi cation, divergence as distinction

5.3 Social personae as resources in identity construction

5.4 CS in narrative

Summary of the analysis and discussion

Conclusions

7.1 The changing functions of an old language in a new medium

7.2 Comparing Creole use in the Jamaican diaspora and in CMC

7.3 Advances in the study of English as a World Language

7.4 Relevance for CMC studies

References

Appendix

Notes

Index

The Pragmatics &amp

Beyond New Series.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612155420

9781282155428

1282155423

9789027293305

9027293309

OCLC:

320321534