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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
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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
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A Sociolinguistic Exploration of Sociolects in Translation
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 ...
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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
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Rusycyzmy w socjolekcie młodzieży polskiego pochodzenia w Wilnie
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
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Linguistic Misogyny as a Parodic Device: Valspeak Markers in Jimmy Fallon’s “Ew!”
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
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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
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World Englishes in ELT textbooks in Swedish upper‐secondary schools
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
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The indigenization of Ghanaian Pidgin English
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
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The sociolect sphere of internet conversational communication [PDF]
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
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