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Publication details [#57349]

Vandeputte-Tavo, Leslie. 2013. New technologies and language shifting in Vanuatu. Pragmatics 23 (1) : 169–179.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | internet | language shift | language use | lingua franca

Language as a subject

Bislama

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This paper discusses various manifest language ideologies in the new telecommunication technologies (mobile phone exchanges, social networks such as Facebook) that influence language use and representation in Vanuatu (e.g. code- and language-shifting).