New and Diverse Standards: Transnational Social Languages in an Online Affinity Space Across Borders

• In Event: Comparative Study of international Policy

Abstract

This study examines transnational social languages in the real world beyond the approach taken to standard languages in school settings; in particular, it focuses on global online affinity spaces, where social groups are more prevalent in the current digitalized and globalized world. Based on theoretical frameworks of big “D” Discourse and translanguaging, discourses were collected from a global online affinity space. Discourse analysis by James Gee was conducted. Results show that adolescents in the space create their own transnational social languages by its situated meanings through social goods and make a new standard. And, their translanguaging repertoires are interest-driven rather than heritage language-driven.

Author

• Kewman M. Lee, Missouri State University