Mediatization and Sociolinguistic Change

2014-09-04 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Jannis Androutsopoulos
Release : 2014-09-04
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Mediatization and Sociolinguistic Change by : Jannis Androutsopoulos

Download or read book Mediatization and Sociolinguistic Change written by Jannis Androutsopoulos. This book was released on 2014-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 linguistics, language ideology research, and minority language studies. The volume advances our understanding of linguistic change in a mediatized world in three ways. First, it introduces the notions of sociolinguistic change and mediatization to create a broader theoretical framing than the one offered by ‘the media’ and ‘language change’. Second, it takes the discussion beyond the notions of ‘influence’ and ‘effect’ and the binary distinction of ‘media’ vs. ‘community language’. Third, it examines the relation of sociolinguistic change and mediatization and from five complementary viewpoints: media influence on linguistic structure; media engagement in interaction; change in mass and new media language; language-ideological change; and the role of media for minority languages. Bringing these strands of sociolinguistic scholarship together, this volume examines their shared references and common lines of thinking.

Style, Mediation, and Change

2017 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Janus Mortensen
Release : 2017
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Style, Mediation, and Change written by Janus Mortensen. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technologically mediated talk is organized around familiar styles-styles of person, relationship and genre. But media also consistently remake and re-style these familiar patterns. This book brings together original research on media styling in different national contexts and languages, written by authors at the forefront of sociolinguistic research on mediated talk. It highlights and theorizes how creative acts of mediated styling can promote social and sociolinguistic change. The globalized world is already massively mediatized-what we know about language, people and society is necessarily shaped through our engagement with media. But talking media are caught up in wider currents of rapid change too. Creative innovations in media styling can heighten reflexive awareness, but they can also unsettle existing understandings of language-society relations. In reporting new investigations by expert researchers this book gives an original and timely account of how style, media and change need to be integrated further to advance the discipline of sociolinguistics.

Standardization as Sociolinguistic Change

2019-12-06 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Marie Maegaard
Release : 2019-12-06
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Standardization as Sociolinguistic Change written by Marie Maegaard. This book was released on 2019-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to extend and expand our current understanding of the processes of language standardization, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative approaches to examine how linguistic variation plays out in various ways in everyday life in Denmark. The book compares linguistic variation across three different rural speech communities, underpinned by a transversal framework, which draws upon different methodological and analytical approaches, as well as data from different contexts across different generations, and results in a nuanced and dynamic portrait of language change in one region over time. Examining communities with varying degrees of linguistic variation with this multi-layered framework demonstrates a broader need to re-examine perceptions of language standardization as a unidirectional process, but rather as one shaped by a range of factors at the local level, including language ideologies and mediatization. A concluding chapter by eminent sociolinguist David Britain brings together the conclusions drawn from the preceding chapters and reinforces their wider implications within the field of sociolinguistics. Offering new insights into language standardization and language change, this book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics, dialectology, and linguistic anthropology.

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media

2017-08-04 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Colleen Cotter
Release : 2017-08-04
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media written by Colleen Cotter. This book was released on 2017-08-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research in media linguistics. This handbook analyzes both language theory and practice, demonstrating the vital role of this research in understanding language use in society. With over thirty chapters contributed by leading academics from around the world, this handbook: addresses issues of language use, form, structure, ideology, practice, and culture in the context of both traditional and new communication media; investigates mediated language use in public spheres, organizations, and personal communication, including newspaper journalism, broadcasting, and social media; examines the interplay of language and media from both linguistic and media perspectives, discussing auditory and visual media and graphic modes, as well as language and gender, multilingualism, and language change; analyzes the advantages and shortcomings of current approaches within media linguistics research and outlines avenues for future research. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media is a must-have survey of this key field, and is essential reading for those interested in media linguistics.

Vox Popular

2015-01-27 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Robin Queen
Release : 2015-01-27
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Vox Popular written by Robin Queen. This book was released on 2015-01-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voices—such as what accent or dialect to use—offer rich data for sociolinguistic study. Ideal for students of language variation as well as general readers interested in media, Vox Popular is an engaging tour through the major issues of sociolinguistic study as heard in the voices from mass media. • Provides readers with a unified and accessible picture of the interrelationships between language variation and the mass media • Presents detailed original analyses of multiple audiovisual media sources • Includes a broad methods chapter covering quantitative and qualitative methods in a style not available in any other textbook • All theoretical terms are accessibly explained, with engaging examples, making it suitable for non-academics as well as undergraduate students • Incorporates pedagogical textboxes throughout and includes sections dedicated to developing practical skills for the field

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