Annotated Bibliography

Reading Part C – Annotated Bibliography

Topic: Flattening English standardization – improving accessibility, communication, code-switching in the internet age

Al-Kadi, Abdu M. Talib and Rashad Ali Ahmed. "Evolution of English in the Internet Age."

            A holistic approach to English language evolution, citing historical language shifts, 20th-century English imperialism. Differentiation between internetese and textese (internet English and text English, respectively). Broad-scope summary of major research in the field, rather than new information.

Suleman, Nazia. "Impact of SMS Speak on the Formal Writings of the Students."

            A study of Pakistani faculty and students who use English as L2. Concludes that SMS English use leads to degeneration of standard English on academic work. Notably, the disappearance of the ‘absent author’ that characterizes formal writing.

Behrens, Susan J., et al. "Challenging Linguistic Stereotypes on the Internet."

            Study of detrimental portrayals of linguistic variation. High school students are not introduced to the analysis of linguistics or language variation. The proliferation of false regionalisms leads to application of stereotypes and intolerance of difference. This study attempts to unmask linguistic myths as well as prepare readers to test assumptions and biases brought to the classroom.

Gee, James Paul and Elisabeth R. Hayes. Language and Learning in the Digital Age. London: Routledge, 2011. ebook.

            Literacy and education are functions of democracy and accessibility. Chapters on Language and Literacy are optimized for beginners. Evaluation of language as communicative tool. Some discussion on the absence or presence of author in formal writing. Inquiry space termed passionate affinity-based learning. The role of play in learning.

McCulloch, Gretchen. 7 Ways the Internet is Improving Language.

            Hashtag use coincides with more formal writing, whereas @-use coincides with more informal, personal composition. Abbreviation use points reader to meaning and intent of text. Visualization in images. Asynchrony allows wider conversational access. Corpora for linguistic research. Vast opportunities for practice.

 Schleppegrell, Mary J. The Language of Schooling: A Functional Linguistics Perspective. Mahwah: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 2004. ebook.

            This book is a broader introduction to academic language and its applications and considerations for L1 and L2 English learners. Language pedagogy in Chapter 6 may be useful for this project. Chapter 2, Language and Context, with subheadings Life Experience and Language Development, Language in School Tasks, and Language and Success at School, will undoubtedly serve as describing benchmarks for standard expectations of academic language.  

Baron, Naomi S. Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. ebook.

            This book covers more than just computer-mediated linguistics, but a holistic evaluation of what it means to be ‘always online’. There is an entire chapter dedicated to what email, AIM, IRC, and other message systems are—in case you weren’t born yet when they were being heavily used. Chapter 4, Are Instant Messages Speech? may be relevant. Most of the research is based on late-1990s/early-2000s web use, and doesn’t address web 2.0 (possibly because it was published just before smartphones really took off).

Calhoun, Kendra. "Race, humour, and activism online through the lens of black digital culture."

            Video lecture about social media activism viewed as discourse (language beyond sentence-level). As I’m not really looking at the level of discourse for this project, this is interesting but ultimately irrelevant.

Online Resources for African American Language

University of Oregon hosts a project for education and research about African American Language (what might have been called Ebonics or AAVE in past). There’s also an extensive list of resources for K-12 educators. Considering Oregon’s incredibly anti-black history… go Oregon!

Heath, Maria. "Internet Linguistics list of readings."

            This list should be cited because it’s where I found a few other links for my bibliography. It’s an annotated bibliography for a self-directed Intro to Internet Linguistics for amateurs. I really just want to spend 13 weeks going through it, even though it isn’t all relevant to my topic.

Citations

Al-Kadi, Abdu M. Talib and Rashad Ali Ahmed. "Evolution of English in the Internet Age." Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics 7.3 (2018): 727-736. website.

Baron, Naomi S. Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. ebook.

Behrens, Susan J., et al. "Challenging Linguistic Stereotypes on the Internet." Research and Teaching in Developmental Education 32.2 (2016): 62-72. website. <https://www.jstor.org/stable/44290297>.

Calhoun, Kendra. "Race, humour, and activism online through the lens of black digital culture." Canterbury: Inspirational Speakers, 7 July 2020. YouTube video.

Gee, James Paul and Elisabeth R. Hayes. Language and Learning in the Digital Age. London: Routledge, 2011. ebook.

Heath, Maria. "Internet Linguistics list of readings." 2019. Maria Heath: Internet Linguist. website. 7 February 2021.

Kendall, Tyler, Jason McLarty and Charlie Farrington. Online Resources for African American Language. 2020. website. 7 February 2021.

McCulloch, Gretchen. 7 Ways the Internet is Improving Language. 21 September 2015. webpage. 7 February 2021. <https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68696/7-ways-internet-improving-language>.

Schleppegrell, Mary J. The Language of Schooling: A Functional Linguistics Perspective. Mahwah: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 2004. ebook.

Suleman, Nazia. "Impact of SMS Speak on the Formal Writings of the Students." M. Phil Thesis. 2011-2013. webpage.

 

 

Comments

  1. Aaron MuellerFebruary 9, 2021 at 5:49 AM

    This is a solid collection of research spanning at least a decade looking at evolutiuon of language during our most recent information revolution. A quick description of each resource is appreciated and helps readers decide if there is value in exploring each individual resource further. A good mix of formats and journals, with some traditional academic articles mixed in with some web based resources. What could have been helpful to include would be some reminder/introduction of your overall topic, as well as some discussion of the process, search strategies, and reflection over all. The blog format really encourages more narration of the experience to help contextualize the information and purpose.

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