Trivializing language correctness in an online metalinguistic debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5113041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Heuman (0000-0001-6722-1770, Örebro University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Pages | 52-63 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language & Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0271-5309 • E-ISSN: 1873-3395 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.langcom.2021.11.007 |
| OpenAlex | W4200293388 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
This study focuses on trivialization as a key strategy for challenging subjects who defend standard language, and for challenging standard language ideology in itself. While previous research has emphasized trivialization as a strategy for perpetuating the status quo, this study exemplifies the opposite function. Drawing on stance theory, the analysis focuses on the formation of the participating subjects and the stance object (linguistic correctness), and the link between them. The data consist of 157 posts from two blog comments sections, 32 of which trivialize linguistic correctness. The analysis shows that interlocutors mainly trivialize linguistic correctness through negative other-positioning, thus avoiding explicit metalinguistic arguments. Furthermore, the study illustrates and underlines how language ideological meaning is created in contention by emphasizing differences
Correctness · Epistemology · Ideology · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Metaphysics · Object (grammar · Philosophy of language · Political science · Sociology · Standard language · Status quo · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology
Laughter and Ridicule
Language Ideologies
JeSuisCirconflexe
The Discursive Construction of National Identity
Langage et pouvoir symbolique
Negotiations of language ideology on the Jodel app
Racist call-outs and cancel culture on Twitter
Media, multilingualism and language policing
(En)Countering language ideologies
Policing practices in heteroglossic mediascapes
Societal support for the educational provisions of Finnish in the Swedish school system in theory and practice
Je suis circonflexe”
Grammar Nazis never sleep”
Discursive self-positioning strategies of Estonian female scientists in terms of academic career and excellence
Denying racism
Extreme case formulations
Excuse my poor English
I love James Blunt as much as I love herpes’ – ‘I love that you're not ashamed to admit you have both
Negotiating the status of women’s football in Norway. An analysis of online supporter discourses
Sex, lies and thematising Irish
Taking a stance on emotion
Standard language in urban rap - Social media, linguistic practice and ethnographic context
You don't ask me to speak Mandarin, okay
Multilingualism and the politics of participation at a Cameroonian wildlife sanctuary
Jocular mockery, (dis)affiliation, and face
Po-faced receipts of teases
Language ideologies and the consequences of standardization
Introduction
Language testing and citizenship
Irony in conversation
Verbal hygiene in the Hong Kong gay community
Beyond Macro and Micro in the Linguistic Anthropology of Education
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |