Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication

Ana Deumert

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2014

Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication

Ana Deumert

In the series Edinburgh Sociolinguistics

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748655755

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About this book

Have wireless mobile communication technologies changed the way people talk to one another?

What does it mean to be able to speak or write to anyone, anywhere, 24/7/365, and get an immediate response? And what does the current profusion of these technologies mean for the study of language in social life? Do we need to develop new approaches, methodologies and theories?

Taking a global perspective, this volume provides readers with a nuanced, ethnographically-informed understanding of mobile communication and sociolinguistics. The text explores a wide range of digital applications, including SMS, email, tweeting, Facebook, YouTube, chatting, blogging, Wikipedia, Second Life and gaming 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.

Key features

Illustrates core concepts in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology
Applies sociolinguistic theories of language from Humboldt and Sapir to post-structuralism to new media
Provides a global and multilingual perspective on digital communication practices and discusses digital inequality and its consequences for sociolinguistic research
Includes a focus on linguistic creativity and poetic language

Drawing on examples from across the world, as well as original multilingual data and analyses from South Africa, this innovative book provides undergraduate and postgraduate readers with accessible explanations of sociolinguistic theories as they apply to the growing field of mobile communication.

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1 Media sociolinguistics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Mapping the terrain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
3 Affordances and access Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4 Virtual landscapes: practices and ideologies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
5 Intertextuality and author- audiences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
6 Bakhtin goes mobile Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
7 Textpl@y as poetic language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
8 Sociability online: between plaisir and jouissance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 216
Illustrations
- Other: 49 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Language & Linguistics

eBook

Published: December 11, 2014
ISBN: 9780748655755