Codeswitching on the web : English and Jamaican Creole in e-mail communication / Lars Hinrichs.

By:

Hinrichs, Lars

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789027293305
9027293309
9789027253903
9027253900

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Codeswitching on the web.DDC classification:

306.44 22

LOC classification:

P115.3 .H557 2006eb

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Contents:

Codeswitching on the Web; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; The creole continuum and CMC; How the situation determines code choice -- a "simple, almost one-to-one relationship"?; Giving contextualization cues; Codeswitching and identity; Summary of the analysis and discussion; Conclusions; References; Appendix; Notes; Index; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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