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Raising important questions about the nature of language and the creativity of speakers, Ana Deumert examines the role of multimodality and intertextuality in creating meaning, as well as the realities and consequences of digital linguistic inequality. Taking a global perspective and drawing on orig...
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Edinburgh University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Edinburgh : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh sociolinguistics
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| Summary: |
Raising important questions about the nature of language and the creativity of speakers, Ana Deumert examines the role of multimodality and intertextuality in creating meaning, as well as the realities and consequences of digital linguistic inequality. Taking a global perspective and drawing on original multilingual data and analyses from South Africa, this book presents a nuanced, ethnographically-informed understanding of mobile communication and sociolinguistics, exploring a wide range of digital applications. Key features: 1. explains and illustrates core concepts in sociolinguistics and |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-193) and index. |
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9780748655748 (paperback) : 0748655743 (paperback) 0748655735 (Cloth) 9780748655731 (Cloth) |
| Index Number: | HM851 |
| CLC: | H0-05 |
| Call Number: | H0-05/D485 |
| Contents: | 1. Media Sociolinguistics -- 2. Mapping the terrain -- 3. Affordances and access -- 4. Virtual landscapes: practices and ideologies -- 5. Intertextuality and author-audiences -- 6. Bakhtin goes mobile -- 7. Textpl@y as poetic language -- 8. Sociability online: between 'plaisir' and 'jouissance' -- 9. Conclusion. |