English as a Lingua Franca in Wider Networking : : Blogging Practices / / Paola Vettorel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Vettorel, Paola,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Developments in English as a Lingua Franca [DELF] , 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110336009; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110369526; 9783110370270
• ISSN: 2192-8177
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110336009
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Paola Vettorel.

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.