This volume investigates the changes undergone by written
communication in our globalized world as English as a Lingua Franca
(ELF). The latter usually functions as a language for communication
purposes, but also becomes a language for identification purposes. The
study takes into account different web-genres: from the replication of
existing genres in other media to cybergenres, whose key evolutionary
force is the progressive exploitation of the new functionalities
afforded by the new medium. The variety of the contexts of use has
made it possible to consider different ELF-using communities of
practice, whose members adopt ELF and adapt it to express individual,
national and professional identities in international interactions.
The analysis focuses on lexicogrammatical innovations, which
inevitably change in accordance with the different contexts of use, as
well as on the communicative strategies underpinning these changes.
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How written communication is changing under the influence of electronic media and new contexts of use
Product details
ISBN
9783035105087
Published
2018
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
Peter Lang
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Author