English as a We-Code: Form and Function of English in Facebook Status Updates of Non-Native Female and Male Users

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Research in Language Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI:10.2478/rela-2019-0015

M. Dąbrowska

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Abstract

Abstract The English language has featured markedly as a popular language of computer-mediated communication, and notably of Facebook posts, written not only by native or second language speakers, but also users of English as a foreign language. The aim of this paper is to investigate the frequency, form and function of English language Facebook profile updates of 110 (55 women and 55 men) users of English representing 41 European, Asian, African and Latin American countries belonging to the Expanding Circle. Approached from the point of view of the code choice as well as the users’ gender, and supported by an online survey data, the study analyses in detail the form of the updates in connection with gender preferences and identifies language contexts and functions users choose to express themselves in English as opposed to their native tongue, thereby demonstrating the role of English as a we-code in a social networking service.

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英语作为We代码：英语在非本土女性和男性用户Facebook状态更新中的形式和功能

摘要英语作为一种流行的计算机媒介交流语言，尤其是Facebook上的帖子，不仅由母语或第二语言使用者撰写，也由英语作为外语的用户撰写。本文的目的是调查110名英语用户（55名女性和55名男性）的英语Facebook个人资料更新的频率、形式和功能，这些用户代表了属于扩展圈的41个欧洲、亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲国家。该研究从代码选择和用户性别的角度出发，并得到在线调查数据的支持，详细分析了与性别偏好相关的更新形式，确定了用户选择用英语而不是母语表达自己的语言背景和功能，从而展示了英语作为社交网络服务中的we代码的作用。

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Research in Language Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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