veranstalter: Nadine Chariatte (Uni Bern)
ansprechpartner: Prof.Dr. Miriam Locher
email: miriam.locher@unibas.ch
web: https://engsem.unibas.ch/news/event-entry/article/6360/guest-lecture-by-ma-nadine-chariatte-bern/
institution: HPSL
language: Englisch
location institution: Basel
date_raw: Dienstag, 17.März 2015, 10:15 – 12:00 Uhr
date_sort: 17.03.2015, 00:00:00

From the initial interest in «Why do people often communicate in very ‘strange’ ways on social media?» to a research project on CMC

Abstract:

This presentation is about the inside story of the PhD project El malagueño real, mental y virtual. Configuración de los significados sociales de una variedad urbana in Hispanic Linguistics. That is, the production and perception of the Spanish spoken in the city of Malaga and used on the social network sites Facebook and Tuenti by users from Malaga is analysed. Actually, the southern Spanish variety in question is quite distinct from the national standard in terms of its phonetic features, its prestige, and the attitudes to it. Thus, the project started with the initial interest in «Why do people often communicate in very “strange” ways on social media» which then slightly changed to the final research interest in «What do the different non-standard variants mean in virtual (and real) malagueño?». This long – sometimes hazardous, yet mostly fun – process is exposed in more detail by looking at the research questions, the methods and results. Lastly, the presentation concludes with some lessons learnt and an
outlook on possibilities and necessities for further investigation.