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Language and symbolic boundaries among transnational elites: A qualitative case study of European Commission officials

open access: yesGlobal Networks, Volume 24, Issue 3, July 2024.
Abstract Previous research has asked whether European integration leads to the formation of a new kind of ‘transnational class’ or ‘elite’ in and around the European institutions in Brussels. This paper focuses instead on intra‐group distinctions and symbolic boundaries between EU professionals from different countries.
Daniel Drewski
wiley   +1 more source

Using social media to infer the diffusion of an urban contact dialect: A case study of Multicultural London English

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 45-70, June 2024.
Abstract Sociolinguistic research has demonstrated that ‘urban contact dialects’ tend to diffuse beyond the speech communities in which they first emerge. However, no research has attempted to explore the distribution of these varieties across an entire nation nor isolate the social mechanisms that propel their spread. In this paper, we use a corpus of
Christian Ilbury   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Sociolinguistic Exploration of Sociolects in Translation

open access: yesALTRALANG Journal, 2020
Translation is not a mere transfer of words; it is a process that intersects with many other disciplines such as sociolinguistics whose object of study is the relationship between language use and society. Since sociolects are language variations of particular social groups, the present paper attempts to answer the question of how sociolects are ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Sosiolek dalam film Uang Panai’ 2 Maha(L)R sebagai sumber belajar kontekstual bahasa Indonesia berbasis kearifan lokal

open access: yesDiglosia
This study aims to identify and analyze sociolects found in the film Uang Panai’ 2 Maha(L)R and to examine their relevance to Indonesian language learning based on local wisdom.
Anzar Anzar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rusycyzmy w socjolekcie młodzieży polskiego pochodzenia w Wilnie

open access: yesSlavistica Vilnensis, 2011
Miroslav Davlevič Russian Words in the Sociolect of the Young People of Polish Origin in Vilnius A characteristic feature of the sociolect of the young people of Polish origin in Vilnius is the large number of borrowings from various languages.
Mirosław Dawlewicz
doaj   +1 more source

Linguistic Misogyny as a Parodic Device: Valspeak Markers in Jimmy Fallon’s “Ew!”

open access: yesAnglophonia, 2020
The aim of this paper is to explore how markers of an enregistered sociolect perceived as feminine may be recruited to portray stereotypical female teenage characters on television.
Pierre Habasque
doaj   +1 more source

Sociolinguistic competence and varietal repertoires in a second language: A study on addressee‐dependent varietal behavior using virtual reality

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, Volume 108, Issue 2, Page 385-411, Summer 2024.
Abstract The present study takes a variationist perspective to explore the varietal repertoires of adult learners of German as a second language (L2), that is, their variable use of standard German, Austro‐Bavarian dialect, and mixture varieties.
Mason A. Wirtz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

World Englishes in ELT textbooks in Swedish upper‐secondary schools

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 125-140, March 2024.
Abstract In this article, we investigate how different varieties of English are represented in a selection of materials used in upper‐secondary schools in Sweden. A 2011 policy reform of the curriculum for the teaching and learning of English at upper‐secondary level underscored the global dimension of the language, taking a distance from the ...
Nellie Lindqvist, Josep Soler
wiley   +1 more source

The indigenization of Ghanaian Pidgin English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 182-202, March 2024.
Abstract In the world Englishes literature, ‘indigenization’ is shorthand for the localization of Outer Circle Englishes in former exploitation colonies like Ghana. However, the localization of Ghanaian English has been continually reversed by ‘corrective’ realignment with world standard English through institutional regimes.
Kofi Yakpo
wiley   +1 more source

The sociolect sphere of internet conversational communication [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences
The rapid evolution of digital communication has given rise to new forms of linguistic expression, reshaping traditional notions of language and social interaction.
Miralimova Shakhzoda
doaj   +1 more source

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