“A Funky Language for Teenzz to Use”
in The Multilingual Internet
June 2007; published online September 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: sociolinguistics. 9464 words.
This chapter examines how the Roman alphabet and other ASCII symbols such as numerals are used to represent colloquial Gulf Arabic dialect in instant messaging in the United Arab Emirates. This use...
Accent as Social Symbol
in Talking Proper
November 2007; published online January 2010.
Chapter. Subjects: sociolinguistics. 13219 words.
This chapter focuses on accent as a social symbol. It argues that the drive to raise the linguistic consciousness in terms of accent is not that ‘doctrine of appropriate usage’ — the expectation, and...
Achieving your GOAL: A case study of three learners
in Independent Language Learning
September 2011; published online May 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: sociolinguistics. 4739 words.
This chapter reports on a yearlong case study of three learners at Kanda University of International Studies in Japan. Analysing data from learner portfolios, interviews and reflective reports, the...
Acoustic Phonetics
in Linguistics
Published online March 2013.
Article. Subjects: linguistics; anthropological linguistics; languages by region; psycholinguistics; sociolinguistics. 7677 words.
Acoustic phonetics is the study of the acoustic characteristics of speech, including an analysis and description of speech in terms of its physical properties, such as frequency,...
Acquisition of Language
in Linguistics
Published online October 2011.
Article. Subjects: linguistics; anthropological linguistics; languages by region; psycholinguistics; sociolinguistics. 11541 words.
First language acquisition—the study of how children acquire their first language(s)––is the branch of psycholinguistics that deals with the process of acquisition. This field is...
Adamantios Korais as language reformer
in Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976
April 2009; published online May 2010.
Chapter. Subjects: sociolinguistics. 10509 words.
This chapter discusses the linguistic theory and practice of the chief proponent of language reform at the time, Adamantios Korais (1748-1833). The origins of Korais' linguistic theory are traced to...
The advantages and dangers of intelligence analysis in perjury cases
in The Language of Perjury Cases
September 2011; published online January 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: sociolinguistics. 1214 words.
This chapter describes the advantages of good intelligence analysis in perjury cases, the dangers of poor intelligence analysis, and the possible motivations underlying indictments for perjury and...
Adverbs and Social Class
in Talk that Counts
March 2005; published online September 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: sociolinguistics. 4485 words.
As had been found in the previous study in Ayr, middle-class speakers used derived adverbs in -ly significantly more frequently than working-class speakers. This is true of both adults and...
Afroasiatic Languages
in Linguistics
Published online October 2011.
Article. Subjects: linguistics; anthropological linguistics; languages by region; psycholinguistics; sociolinguistics. 12099 words.
Afroasiatic languages are found across North Africa and throughout much of East Africa and the Middle East. Afroasiatic is generally considered to be composed of the language families...
Age Discrimination
in Fighting over Words
February 2008; published online May 2008.
Chapter. Subjects: sociolinguistics. 2718 words.
A mid-level manager in his fifties was dismissed by a large company that provided no reasons for dismissal concerning his performance or attitude. He then brought an age discrimination case against...