<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study starts with the definition of local, translocal, and global linguistic context in the digital space. Facebook as a social media platform provides opportunities for everyday digital literacy practices such as code play. Code play allows mixing codes and repertoires usually with a humorous reference. We argue that creative interaction among languages creates the methodological need for a translingual approach besides the traditional code-switching theory to explain online linguistic phenomena. Adopting a netnographic approach, this paper presents two participants’ linguistic history, online linguistic practices, and perceptions of their own digital literacy, exploring their portrayal of (multi)linguistic identity which has local, translocal, and global resonance. The paper exploits possibilities of code play to accomplish communicative goals through code-switching and translingualism with a linguistically diverse audience.</p></abstract>

The study starts with the definition of local, translocal, and global linguistic context in the digital space. Facebook as a social media platform provides opportunities for everyday digital literacy practices such as code play. Code play allows mixing codes and repertoires usually with a humorous reference. We argue that creative interaction among languages creates the methodological need for a translingual approach besides the traditional code-switching theory to explain online linguistic phenomena. Adopting a netnographic approach, this paper presents two participants’ linguistic history, online linguistic practices, and perceptions of their own digital literacy, exploring their portrayal of (multi)linguistic identity which has local, translocal, and global resonance. The paper exploits possibilities of code play to accomplish communicative goals through code-switching and translingualism with a linguistically diverse audience.

Code Play as Translingual Practice

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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The study starts with the definition of local, translocal, and global linguistic context in the digital space. Facebook as a social media platform provides...

Code Play as Translingual Practice

Publié en ligne: 24 nov. 2020

Pages: 114 - 128

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2020-0016

Mots clés
online linguistic practices, code play, code-switching, translingualism

© 2020 Enikő Biró, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Code Play as Translingual Practice

Publié en ligne: 24 nov. 2020

Pages: 114 - 128

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2020-0016

Mots clésonline linguistic practices, code play, code-switching, translingualism

© 2020 Enikő Biró, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
online linguistic practices, code play, code-switching, translingualism