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Tovares, Alla V. 2019. Negotiating “thick” identities through “light” practices: YouTube metalinguistic comments about language in Ukraine. Multilingua 38 (4) : 459–484.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
comment | computer communication system | identity negotiation | ideology | internet | knowledge | language choice | language variety | metalinguistic awareness | political system
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

This paper explores YouTube metalinguistic comments about language varieties in Ukraine as a “light” practice to show how knowledge and identities are negotiated online against the backdrop of wider sociopolitical discourses that circulate in and about Ukraine.