The Influence of English as a Second Language in Social On-Line Adolescent Communication: A Pakistani Scoping Study
Bergami, Roberto, Aulino, Biagio and Zafar, Ameena (2011) The Influence of English as a Second Language in Social On-Line Adolescent Communication: A Pakistani Scoping Study. In: Pan-Pacific Conference XXVIII : Corporate Strategies for the Green World, May 26-29, 2011, Daejeon, Korea. Lee, Sang M, Lim, Seongbae and Nishio, Atsuto, eds. Pan-Pacific Business Association, Lincoln, Neb., pp. 81-83.
Abstract
This paper reports and discusses the findings of an exploratory study on the influence of English vocabulary in the on-line environment of Pakistani adolescents. Some linguists, such as Sapir (1929) [1] and Whorf (1940, 1956) [2] have claimed a close link between culture and language, therefore, this study explores whether the study of a foreign language influences its use in an on-line environment, even when individuals are communicating in their first language.
Item type | Book Section |
URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/9662 |
Official URL | http://www.nubkk.nu.ac.th/picnews/s_1314697575.201... |
ISBN | 1931649271 |
Subjects | Historical > FOR Classification > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy Historical > FOR Classification > 2004 Linguistics Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of International Business Historical > SEO Classification > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture |
Keywords | ResPubID24038, adolescent online communications, youth, virtual social networks, VSN, cultural aspects in education, English for specific Purposes, ESP, ESL, TEFL, English socio-linguistics, Internet language, communication strategies, connotative language discourse, Pakistan |
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