Digital Orality

Digital Orality Vernacular Writing in Online Spaces

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Digital Orality Vernacular Writing in Online Spaces

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Digital Orality

Vernacular Writing in Online Spaces

Cecelia Cutler | May Ahmar | Soubeika Bahri

Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics

This volume showcases innovative research on dialectal, vernacular, and other forms of “oral,” speech-like writing in digital spaces. The shift from a predominantly print culture to a digital culture is shaping people's identities and relationships to one another in important ways. Using examples from distinct international contexts and language varieties (kiAmu, Lebanese, Ettounsi, Shanghai Wu, Welsh English, and varieties of American English) the authors examine how people use unexpected codes, scripts, and spellings to say something about who they are or aspire to be. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars interested in the impact of social media on language use, style, and orthography, as well as those with a broader interest in literacy, communication, language contact, and language change.

Cecelia Cutler is a Professor in the Linguistics Program at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA. 

May Ahmar is a Senior Lecturer in discipline in the Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department at Columbia University, New York, USA.

Soubeika Bahri is an Instructor in the Modern Language Department at the University of Colorado, Denver, USA.



Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 9783031104329
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 302

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