Variation in Language: Faces of Facebook English

By Marta Dabrowska and Marta Dnabrowska

The book explores variations in English in the context of Facebook as a CMC register. The analysis covers, among others, markers of politeness, informal language, emotionality, and code-switching found in English used as a native, second and foreign language. The results show differences and similarities due to the users' culture, gender and age.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631644655
• ISBN13: 9783631644652
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"