English as a Lingua Franca in Wider Networking : Blogging Practices.

By:

Vettorel, Paola

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Developments in English as a Lingua Franca DELFPublication details: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (378 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9783110336009
3110336006
3110322854
9783110322859
9783110393958
3110393956

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

420 23

LOC classification:

PE2751 .V488 2014eb

Other classification:

HE 150

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Internet worlds, languages, users -- Chapter 2. Blogging worlds -- Chapter 3. Language and Computer-Mediated Communication -- Chapter 4. Bloggers as ELF users -- Chapter 5. Using ELF in wider networking: exploiting linguistic resources -- Chapter 6. Exploiting and integrating plurilingual resources -- Chapter 7. Learning, using and appropriating the language -- Conclusions -- Appendix A -- Questionnaire -- References -- Index.

Summary: In a constantly interconnected world communication takes place beyond territorial boundaries, in networks where English works as a lingua franca. The volume explores how ELF is employed in internationally-oriented personal blogs; findings show how bloggers deploy an array of resources to their expressive and interactional aims, combining global and local communicative practices. Implications of findings in ELF and ELT terms are also discussed.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic-Books	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	E-Books EBSCO			Available

Print version record.

In a constantly interconnected world communication takes place beyond territorial boundaries, in networks where English works as a lingua franca. The volume explores how ELF is employed in internationally-oriented personal blogs; findings show how bloggers deploy an array of resources to their expressive and interactional aims, combining global and local communicative practices. Implications of findings in ELF and ELT terms are also discussed.