Publications
Publication details [#56572]
Jenks, Christopher Joseph. 2012. Doing Being Reprehensive: Some Interactional Features of English as a Lingua Franca in a Chat Room. Applied Linguistics 33 (4) : 386–405. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Oxford University Press
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study of multiparty voice-based chat rooms demonstrates that English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) interactants are not intrinsically mutually supportive and consensus seeking, but highlight communication problems or difficulties via laughter, joking, and mockery.