Playing with language in a mediapromoted standardisation context: public broadcasting and adolescent linguistic practices in Flanders

It is illustrated how the Flemish Belgian public broadcasting corporation intensifies an already marked project of linguistic standardisation, explicitly identifying substandard language use as sloppy. This standardising ambition can be said to backfire, however, when one observes the language game...

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Main Authors: Jürgen Jaspers, Michael Meeuwis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2006-01-01
Series:Acta Academica
Online Access:http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1123