Amazing – The use of English in texting between a Finland-Swedish high school girl and friends
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Martina Björklund
Abstract
The chapter reports findings from a case study of texting between a Finland-Swedish girl and three constellations of friends. They were all more or less fluent at least in Swedish, Finnish, and English. When texting they mostly used Swedish and English, fluidly combining features from different languages. From a perspective of heteroglossia and translanguaging the study investigates the role of English features in four texting spaces, where the shares of English units vary from 8% to 89%. In all four texting spaces, English units form the majority of exclamations and emotive evaluations (51%–97%). Different types and quantities of English features contributed to the differentiation of language use and boosted group identity and peer bonding in the three constellations.
Abstract
The chapter reports findings from a case study of texting between a Finland-Swedish girl and three constellations of friends. They were all more or less fluent at least in Swedish, Finnish, and English. When texting they mostly used Swedish and English, fluidly combining features from different languages. From a perspective of heteroglossia and translanguaging the study investigates the role of English features in four texting spaces, where the shares of English units vary from 8% to 89%. In all four texting spaces, English units form the majority of exclamations and emotive evaluations (51%–97%). Different types and quantities of English features contributed to the differentiation of language use and boosted group identity and peer bonding in the three constellations.
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Dedication v
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Structures in discourse 1
- Evaluation as a persuasive tactic in the 2012 Obama-Romney debates 18
- How pragmatically (in)definite are you and one ? 36
- Amazing – The use of English in texting between a Finland-Swedish high school girl and friends 58
- The uses of laughter in epideictic radio interviews 83
- Temporality in reaction GIFs as multimodal virtual performatives 103
- Emoji and illocutionarity 124
- Revisiting adaptability 156
- Vernacular voices in the public sphere 176
- Contributor bios 202
- Index 205
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Dedication v
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Structures in discourse 1
- Evaluation as a persuasive tactic in the 2012 Obama-Romney debates 18
- How pragmatically (in)definite are you and one ? 36
- Amazing – The use of English in texting between a Finland-Swedish high school girl and friends 58
- The uses of laughter in epideictic radio interviews 83
- Temporality in reaction GIFs as multimodal virtual performatives 103
- Emoji and illocutionarity 124
- Revisiting adaptability 156
- Vernacular voices in the public sphere 176
- Contributor bios 202
- Index 205
