Analysing English as a Lingua Franca in Video Games: Linguistic Features, Experiential and Functional Dimensions of Online and Scripted Interactions

By Pietro Luigi Iaia

This book focuses on the English lingua-franca uses in video-game interactions. The typographic and linguistic deviations from the standard norms are investigated, along with the cooperation strategies and status asymmetries of the participants in the online interactions, and the role of language in creating ideological representations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034321384
• ISBN13: 9783034321389
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"