Codeswitching in the chat forum Jodel
Björkvik, Erica (2019)
Björkvik, Erica
Åbo Akademi
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201902266302
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201902266302
Tiivistelmä
In this thesis the relationship between the English and the Swedish language is studied in written online discourse. I am interested to find out how these languages interact with each other online. The purpose of my thesis is to study how and why people codeswitch in written discourse in a specific type of computer-mediated communication, namely the online chat forum Jodel.
The material consists of a total of 1,000 anonymous posts collected in two batches between 21st of November 2017 and 30th of December 2017, and between 3rd of February 2018 and 14th of March 2018.
The posters in the chat forum Jodel employ the following types of codeswitching: intersentential codeswitching, intrasentential codeswitching, intra-word switching, tag-switching, hashtags, abbreviations, expressions, combined types of codeswitching, and multiple occurrences of codeswitches. These codeswitches are used for the functions of addressee specification, quotation, personalisation, message qualification, reiteration, switching fixed phrases, interjections, linguistic need, topic, changing the role of speaker, such as showing expertise and raising status, joke-telling, and distinguishing between facts and opinion.
The findings reveal that there are connections between the positions, types and functions of codeswitching in the chat forum Jodel. The results show that codeswitching occurs frequently in the middle of the post and that intrasentential codeswitching is the most common type of codeswitching, while message qualification and topic are the most dominant functions of codeswitching in Jodel. Intrasentential codeswitching, intra-word switching, abbreviations and expressions are common in the middle of the post, while intersentential codeswitching, tag-switching, hashtags and combined types of codeswitching appear at the end of the post. The majority of the functions of codeswitching are also very common in the middle of the post, except for the cases of codeswitching that have the functions of personalisation, switching fixed phrases, interjections and joke-telling, which occur at the end of the post. All types of codeswitching in Jodel frequently have the function of message qualification and all functions of codeswitching in Jodel are common in intrasentential codeswitching, except for the function of personalisation, which is found with abbreviations. The results suggest that the English language is not used in the chat forum Jodel for shock value, but the use of English in codeswitching is a natural way of writing and interacting in this context.
The material consists of a total of 1,000 anonymous posts collected in two batches between 21st of November 2017 and 30th of December 2017, and between 3rd of February 2018 and 14th of March 2018.
The posters in the chat forum Jodel employ the following types of codeswitching: intersentential codeswitching, intrasentential codeswitching, intra-word switching, tag-switching, hashtags, abbreviations, expressions, combined types of codeswitching, and multiple occurrences of codeswitches. These codeswitches are used for the functions of addressee specification, quotation, personalisation, message qualification, reiteration, switching fixed phrases, interjections, linguistic need, topic, changing the role of speaker, such as showing expertise and raising status, joke-telling, and distinguishing between facts and opinion.
The findings reveal that there are connections between the positions, types and functions of codeswitching in the chat forum Jodel. The results show that codeswitching occurs frequently in the middle of the post and that intrasentential codeswitching is the most common type of codeswitching, while message qualification and topic are the most dominant functions of codeswitching in Jodel. Intrasentential codeswitching, intra-word switching, abbreviations and expressions are common in the middle of the post, while intersentential codeswitching, tag-switching, hashtags and combined types of codeswitching appear at the end of the post. The majority of the functions of codeswitching are also very common in the middle of the post, except for the cases of codeswitching that have the functions of personalisation, switching fixed phrases, interjections and joke-telling, which occur at the end of the post. All types of codeswitching in Jodel frequently have the function of message qualification and all functions of codeswitching in Jodel are common in intrasentential codeswitching, except for the function of personalisation, which is found with abbreviations. The results suggest that the English language is not used in the chat forum Jodel for shock value, but the use of English in codeswitching is a natural way of writing and interacting in this context.
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