03216nam 2200709 450 991078718800332120230126213337.03-11-039395-63-11-033600-610.1515/9783110336009(CKB)3710000000229161(EBL)1575446(SSID)ssj0001432873(PQKBManifestationID)11900505(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432873(PQKBWorkID)11413282(PQKB)10053596(MiAaPQ)EBC1575446(DE-B1597)213729(OCoLC)890071017(OCoLC)979601433(DE-B1597)9783110336009(Au-PeEL)EBL1575446(CaPaEBR)ebr11010348(CaONFJC)MIL805265(EXLCZ)99371000000022916120150209h20142014 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrEnglish as a lingua franca in wider networking blogging practices /by Paola VettorelBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter Mouton,2014.©20141 online resource (378 p.)Developments in English as a Lingua Franca,2192-8177 ;7Description based upon print version of record.3-11-032285-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexIn 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.Developments in English as a lingua franca ;7.English languageForeign countriesBlogsSocial aspectsLanguage and the InternetBlogs.Communication in Digital Networks.English as a Lingua Franca (ELF).English languageBlogsSocial aspects.Language and the Internet.420HE 150rvkVettorel Paola1567268MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787188003321English as a lingua franca in wider networking3838552UNINA