Quotation in indigenised and learner English: a sociolinguistic account of variation

Quotative marking in modern English is a highly dynamic domain which has been undergoing progressive expansion, with newcomer variants, notably "ative be like, entering the scene and restructuring the entire system. Given that this feature is being put foward by the younger generation in native...

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1. Verfasser: Davydova, Julia 1977- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Mouton [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Language and social life 16
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Zusammenfassung:Quotative marking in modern English is a highly dynamic domain which has been undergoing progressive expansion, with newcomer variants, notably "ative be like, entering the scene and restructuring the entire system. Given that this feature is being put foward by the younger generation in native-speaker communities, the crucial question is, How do younger speakers living in different parts of the non-Anglophone world appropriate this feature in their L2 English? This volume tackles this question by exploring the sociolinguistic mechanisms guiding the adoption of the newcomer be like by young adults speaking English as a second and as a foreign language. In so doing, it also explores the role of sociolinguistic salience and language attitudes in the process of adaptation of global linguistic innovations
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jan 2019)
Beschreibung:1 Online Ressource (266 Seiten)
ISBN:9781501507069
DOI:10.1515/9781501507069

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