I can haz language play: The construction of language and identity in LOLspeak
| dc.contributor.author | Gawne, Lauren | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Vaughan, Jill | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Australian Linguistic Society | en_AU |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-19T03:24:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-09-19T03:24:27Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2012-10 | en_AU |
| dc.description.abstract | LOLspeak is a complex and systematic reimagining of the English language. It is most often associated with the popular, productive and long-lasting Internet meme ‘LOLcats’. This style of English is characterised by the simultaneous playful manipulation of multiple levels of language. Using community-generated web content as a corpus, we analyse some of the common language play strategies (Sherzer 2002) used in LOLspeak, which include morphological reanalysis, atypical sentence structure and lexical playfulness. The linguistic variety that emerges from these manipulations displays collaboratively constructed norms and tendencies providing a standard which may be meaningfully adhered to or subverted by users. We conclude with a discussion of why people may choose to participate in such language play, and suggest that the language play strategies used by participants allow for the construction of complex identity. | en_AU |
| dc.description.sponsorship | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, School of Language Studies; ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, School of Culture, History and Language | en_AU |
| dc.format.extent | 26 pages | en_AU |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gawne, L. & Vaughan, J. (2012). I can haz language play: The construction of language and identity in LOLspeak. In M. Ponsonnet, L. Dao & M. Bowler (Eds), Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Linguistic Society Conference – 2011, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, 2-4 December 2011 (pp. 97-122). | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-9802815-4-5 | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9398 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
| dc.provenance | Copyright remains with the author. Permission has been given to deposit this paper and make it publicly available - emails from editor of proceedings, dated 30/08/12 and 8/10/12 | en_AU |
| dc.publisher | Australian Linguistic Society | en_AU |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Australian Linguistic Society Conference | en_AU |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Australian Linguistic Society Conference: 42nd | en_AU |
| dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | en_AU |
| dc.source | Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Linguistic Society Conference 2011 | en_AU |
| dc.source.uri | http://langfest.anu.edu.au/index.php/als/als2011 | en_AU |
| dc.subject | language play | en_AU |
| dc.subject | computer-mediated communication | en_AU |
| dc.subject | english grammar | en_AU |
| dc.subject | LOLcats | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Internet memes | en_AU |
| dc.title | I can haz language play: The construction of language and identity in LOLspeak | en_AU |
| dc.type | Conference paper | en_AU |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Gawne, Lauren, University of Melbourne | en_AU |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Vaughan, Jill, University of Melbourne | en_AU |
| local.description.notes | The conference proceedings can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9404. "The 2011 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society was ... hosted jointly by the School of Language Studies and the School of Culture, History and Language. The Conference convenors were Jane Simpson and Nicholas Evans" - from Proceedings, Editorial Note | en_AU |
| local.description.refereed | Yes | |
| local.publisher.url | http://www.als.asn.au | en_AU |
| local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |