Language choice and addressivity strategies in Thai-English social network interactions

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 510-531

  Seargeant, Philipe ^a   Tagg, Caroline ^b   Ngampramuan, Wipapan ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addressivity; Code switching; Computer mediated discourse (CMD); Global English; Language choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866784030     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2012.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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