Linguistic Stigmatization and the Enregisterment of an Internet Standard

Presentation Type

Poster/Portfolio

Presenter Major(s)

English

Mentor Information

Kathryn Remlinger

Department

English

Location

Henry Hall Atrium 55

Start Date

11-4-2012 9:00 AM

Keywords

Information, Innovation, and Technology, Changing Ideas/Changing Worlds, Media, Technology, U.S. Diversity

Abstract

The advent of the internet has fundamentally influenced the way we communicate. Twenty years ago, "girl, ur my bff" would not have been legible, let alone socially acceptable. However, this evolution of language has followed some predictable sociolinguistic patterns. We believe that social networking sites have elicited the enregisterment of a certain "Standard of English", as well as the stigmatization of other dialects within the language. We analyzed various journal articles on the subject of enregistering Internet languages and media based stigmatization, and incorporated them into our study of various blogs and media outlets that encouraged a standard of English. We also analyze how these media have affected the way we communicate, and how these communications habits are stratified based on age, socioeconomic status, gender, and the level at which one is "tech-savvy".

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Linguistic Stigmatization and the Enregisterment of an Internet Standard

Henry Hall Atrium 55

The advent of the internet has fundamentally influenced the way we communicate. Twenty years ago, "girl, ur my bff" would not have been legible, let alone socially acceptable. However, this evolution of language has followed some predictable sociolinguistic patterns. We believe that social networking sites have elicited the enregisterment of a certain "Standard of English", as well as the stigmatization of other dialects within the language. We analyzed various journal articles on the subject of enregistering Internet languages and media based stigmatization, and incorporated them into our study of various blogs and media outlets that encouraged a standard of English. We also analyze how these media have affected the way we communicate, and how these communications habits are stratified based on age, socioeconomic status, gender, and the level at which one is "tech-savvy".