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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/IfvdYz4oQ1k/the-academic-linguistics-of-lo.html
The academic linguistics of LOLspeak
On Submitterator, Musicman pointed me towards this great presentation on LOLspeak as a form of language play, and why people engage in that play. According to Lauren Gawne, who gave this speech last week at the Australian Linguistics Society conference, the choice to use LOLspeak has a lot to do with establishing identity—the playful identity [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/IfvdYz4oQ1k/the-academic-linguistics-of-lo.html
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