Codeswitching on the Web: English and Jamaican Creole in e-mail communication
Author:   Lars Hinrichs (University of Freiburg)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   147
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9789027253903


Pages:   302
Publication Date:   28 September 2006
Format:   Hardback
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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.

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Author:   Lars Hinrichs (University of Freiburg)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   147
Weight:   0.725kg
ISBN:  

9789027253903


ISBN 10:   9027253900
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   28 September 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Abbreviations; 3. 1. Introduction; 4. 2. The creole continuum and CMC; 5. 3. How the situation determines code choice - a simple, almost one-to-one relationship ; 6. 4. Giving contextualization cues: How writers provide context information through code choice; 7. 5. Codeswitching and identity: How writers describe themselves through code choice; 8. 6. Summary of the analysis and discussion; 9. 7. Conclusions; 10. References; 11. Appendix; 12. Notes; 13. Index

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