Purrieties of Language - How We Talk About Cats Online

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The cativerse; 2. The feline territory of language; 3. Meowlogisms; 4. Da kittehz; 5. Virtual furever homes; 6. Multimeowdality; 7. Meow and more; 8. Going on pawtrol; 9. Linguistic scratching posts; 10. #StatsWithCats; 11. Cattitude and Purrception.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Edith Podhovnik specialises in regional and online language variation and teaches in a media studies related degree programme in Austria. Proficient in several languages, she has taught in Austria, the UK, USA, and Russia, and is a member of ISLE and BAAL. She currently has two cats.

Zusammenfassung

All paws on deck! This innovative book provides a feline twist on the linguistic analysis of online language variation. Illustrated with a wide range of fun and engaging examples, it uses online cat discourse to explain key linguistic concepts, such as sociolinguistics, dialectology, phonetics, lexicography, morphology, syntax and many more.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Edith Podhovnik
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.04.2023
• EAN: 9781108825634
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82563-4
• Seiten: 200
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Ratgeber > Natur; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Cats as pets