| Presentation | 2016-12-17 From Twitter to Mainstream Usage Lan Yingjie, |
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| PDF Download Page |  PDF download Page Link |
| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | In Standard English, can functions as a modal auxiliary. However, it has also been documented to have other functions in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE): as a pseudo-tag marker, a sentence-final particle, an adjective, a discourse marker or a single-word response (Hiramoto 2012). In this presentation, I document a new use of can, known as the okay can construction. Interestingly, this construction appears to have first been coined on Twitter, before being grammaticalised into mainstream CSE. Survey data also indicates that this construction entered CSE post-2011, and is still stabilising. As such, I suggest that new linguistic constructions could arise from areas not typically studied in electronic media, such as the use of hashtags. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Colloquial Singapore English / Twitter / okay can / grammaticalisation / hashtag |
| Paper # | TL2016-52 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-12-09 (TL) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2016/12/16(3days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Room 303/304/305, Building #8, Waseda University |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Theme 1: Language and Learning, Theme 2: Co-creation in a place， Emergence of meaning |
| Chair | Masami Suzuki(KDDI Research, Inc.) |
| Vice Chair | Chiaki Kubomura(Yamano College of Aesthetics) |
| Secretary | Chiaki Kubomura(Ehime Univ.) |
| Assistant | Yasushi Tsubota(Kyoto Inst. of Tech.) / Nobuyuki Jincho(Waseda Univ.) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Thought and Language |
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| Language | ENG |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | From Twitter to Mainstream Usage |
| Sub Title (in English) | The Electronic Origins of A New Use of "Can" in Colloquial Singapore English |
| Keyword(1) | Colloquial Singapore English |
| Keyword(2) | |
| Keyword(3) | okay can |
| Keyword(4) | grammaticalisation |
| Keyword(5) | hashtag |
| 1st Author's Name | Lan Yingjie |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | University of Cambridge(Cambridge Univ.) |
| Date | 2016-12-17 |
| Paper # | TL2016-52 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.116 |
| Number (no) | TL-368 |
| Page | pp.pp.81-86(TL), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-12-09 (TL) |