An exploratory investigation of functional variation in South Asian online Englishes

IF 0.9 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS English Language & Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI:10.1017/s1360674324000017
Muhammad Shakir
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This article conducts an exploratory multidimensional (MD) analysis of four interactive online registers, namely newspaper comments, tweets, web forums and text messages, originating from four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and two Inner Circle (Kachru 1985) English-speaking countries (UK and USA). A principal component analysis (PCA) has been performed on the interactive registers using linguistic features tagged by a modified version of the MFTE tagger (Le Foll 2021a). The dimensions resulting from the PCA show that nominal, literate and informational features are generally more common in the South Asian data – which represent varieties belonging to the Outer Circle (Kachru 1985). Additionally, different features are used for expressing persuasion or opinion compared to the two reference varieties.

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对南亚在线英语功能变异的探索性研究
本文对来自四个南亚国家(孟加拉国、印度、巴基斯坦和斯里兰卡)和两个 "内圈"(Kachru,1985 年)英语国家(英国和美国)的报纸评论、推特、网络论坛和文本信息这四种在线互动语篇进行了探索性多维(MD)分析。通过使用改进版 MFTE 标记器(Le Foll 2021a)标记的语言特征,对交互式语域进行了主成分分析(PCA)。主成分分析得出的维度显示,在南亚数据中,名词性、识字性和信息性特征通常更为常见,这些特征代表了属于外圈(Kachru,1985 年)的变体。此外,与两个参照语系相比,南亚语系在表达劝说或意见时使用了不同的特征。
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期刊介绍: English Language and Linguistics, published twice a year, is an international journal which focuses on the description of the English language within the framework of contemporary linguistics. The journal is concerned equally with the synchronic and the diachronic aspects of English language studies and publishes articles of the highest quality which make a substantial contribution to our understanding of the structure and development of the English language and which are informed by a knowledge and appreciation of linguistic theory. English Language and Linguistics carries articles and short discussion papers or squibs on all core aspects of English, from its beginnings to the present day, including syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics and lexis.
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