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Variation in Language: Faces of Facebook English - Text - Meaning - Context: Cracow Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture Marta Dabrowska New edition
Variation in Language: Faces of Facebook English - Text - Meaning - Context: Cracow Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture
Marta Dabrowska
The book explores variations in English in the context of Facebook as a CMC register. The analysis covers, among others, markers of politeness, informal language, emotionality, and code-switching found in English used as a native, second and foreign language. The results show differences and similarities due to the users' culture, gender and age.
366 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 24, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9783631644652 |
| Publishers | Peter Lang AG |
| Pages | 366 |
| Dimensions | 215 × 156 × 27 mm · 566 g |
| Language | English |