ENG385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Urban Dictionary, Middleground, David Crystal
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Examples of changes to english and technological innovation: early 20th century: in australia and canada, british accent valorized in media. In the uk: the strength of the bbc serves as a sort of unofficial standard for dialect. And so on: questions about codified use of english in non-english native settings (cid:862)code s(cid:449)it(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g:(cid:863) (cid:449)hat is sig(cid:374)aled (cid:449)he(cid:374) ad(cid:448)ertise(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts or (cid:373)usi(cid:272) fro(cid:373) In-group languages: in online communities, bodies of slang terminology emerge: something about online communication that affects the creation of in-groups and in-language, in both hostile and friendly manifestations.
