Mediatization and Sociolinguistic Change / / ed. by Jannis Androutsopoulos.

This is the first volume to focus on the role of media in processes of linguistic change, one of the most contested issues in contemporary sociolinguistics. Its 17 chapters and five section commentaries present cutting-edge research from variationist and interactional sociolinguistics, media linguis...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:linguae & litterae : Publications of the School of Language and Literature Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies , 36
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Section I: Framing The Issues
  • Mediatization And Sociolinguistic Change. Key Concepts, Research Traditions, Open Issues
  • Mediatization. A Panorama Of Media And Communication Research
  • Sociolinguistic Change, Vernacularization And Broadcast British Media
  • Section II: Media Influence On Language Change
  • Does Mediated Language Influence Immediate Language?
  • Media Models, ‘The Shelf’, And Stylistic Variation In East And West. Rethinking The Influence Of The Media On Language Variation And Change
  • The Media Influence On Language Change In Japanese Sociolinguistic Contexts
  • Commentary: Television And Language Use. What Do We Mean By Influence And How Do We Detect It?
  • Section III: Media Engagement In Interactional Practice
  • ‘Girlpower Or Girl (In) Trouble?’ Identities And Discourses In The (New) Media Engagements Of Adolescents’ School-Based Interaction
  • Multilingualism, Multimodality And Media Engagement In Classroom Talk And Action
  • Commentary: ‘Agents’ Or ‘Participation’. Sociolinguistic Frameworks For The Study Of Media Engagement
  • Section IV: Change In Mass-Mediatized And Digitally Mediated Language
  • Semiotic Economy, Growth Of Mass Media Discourse, And Change Of Written Language Through Multimodal Techniques
  • Genre Profiles And Genre Change. The Case Of Tv News
  • Tweets In The News. Legitimizing Medium, Standardizing Form
  • Commentary: Mediality, Mediatization And Sociolinguistic Change
  • Section V: Enregisterment Of Change In Media Discourse
  • Revising The “Journalist’S Bible”. How News Practitioners Respond To Language And Social Change
  • The Media On Media-Induced Language Change
  • The Objectification Of ‘Jafaican’. The Discoursal Embedding Of Multicultural London English In The British Media
  • Commentary: Sociolinguists And The News Media
  • Section VI: Mediatized Spaces For Minoritized Languages
  • Súil Eile. Media, Sociolinguistic Change And The Irish Language
  • Sites Of Struggle And Possibility In Cyberspace. Wikipedia And Facebook In Africa
  • Circulation Of Indigenous Sámi Resources Across Media Spaces. A Rhizomatic Discourse Approach
  • Commentary: Mediatized Spaces For Minoritized Languages. Challenges And Opportunities
  • Notes On Contributors
  • Index