Publications
Publication details [#53534]
Moore, Robert L., Eric Bindler and David Pandich. 2010. Language with attitude: American slang and Chinese ly. Journal of Sociolinguistics 14 (4) : 524–538. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper discusses how the non-regional but Internet (and global view)-linked young Chinese 'ly' slang, functions as identity marker and as tool to promote group solidarity. Slang and ly lexemes make up the pragmatic opposites of honorifics.