Language, Social Media and Ideologies: Translingual Englishes, Facebook and Authenticities

by Sender Dovchin

This book seeks to contribute to the critical applied linguistics by investigating the dynamic role of English on social media, focusing on EFL university students in East Asia - Mongolia and Japan. Drawing on sets of Facebook data, the book primarily emphasizes that the presence of English on social media should be understood as 'translingual' not only due to its multiple recombinations of resources, genres, modes, styles, and repertories but also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030261387
• ISBN13: 9783030261382
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"