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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459721603321

Autore

Vettorel Paola

Titolo

English as a lingua franca in wider networking : blogging practices / / by Paola Vettorel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-039395-6

3-11-033600-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

Developments in English as a Lingua Franca, , 2192-8177 ; ; 7

Classificazione

HE 150

Disciplina

420

Soggetti

English language - Foreign countries

Blogs - Social aspects

Language and the Internet

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.