No Cover Image

Journal article 508 views

The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change

Dave Sayers

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 185 - 212

Swansea University Author: Dave Sayers

Full text not available from this repository: check for access using links below.

Check full text

DOI (Published version): 10.1111/josl.12069

Abstract

Linguistic innovations that arise contemporaneously in highly distant locations, such as quotative 'be like', have been termed 'global linguistic variants'. This is not necessarily to suggest fully global usage, but to invoke more general themes of globalisation vis-à-vis space a...

Full description

Published in: Journal of Sociolinguistics
ISSN: 1360-6441 1467-9841
Published: Wiley 2014
Online Access: Check full text

URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15412
first_indexed 2013-08-22T01:57:48Z
last_indexed 2023-02-11T03:16:19Z
id cronfa15412
recordtype SURis
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0"?><rfc1807><datestamp>2023-02-10T16:41:37.4488461</datestamp><bib-version>v2</bib-version><id>15412</id><entry>2013-08-08</entry><title>The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change</title><swanseaauthors><author><sid>b5d5a01e3ca75e79e8b4bafd15931f73</sid><firstname>Dave</firstname><surname>Sayers</surname><name>Dave Sayers</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author></swanseaauthors><date>2013-08-08</date><abstract>Linguistic innovations that arise contemporaneously in highly distant locations, such as quotative 'be like', have been termed 'global linguistic variants'. This is not necessarily to suggest fully global usage, but to invoke more general themes of globalisation vis-&#xE0;-vis space and time. This research area has grown steadily in the last twenty years, and by asserting a role for mass media, researchers have departed intrepidly from sociolinguistic convention. Yet they have largely relied on quite conventional sociolinguistic methodologies, only inferring media influence post hoc. This methodological conservatism has been overcome recently, but uncertainty remains about the overall shape of the new epistemological landscape. In this paper I review existing research on global variants, and propose an epistemological model for researching media influence in language change: the mediated innovation model. I also analyse the way arguments are constructed in existing research, including the use of rhetorical devices to plug empirical gaps &#x2013; a worthy sociolinguistic topic in its own right.</abstract><type>Journal Article</type><journal>Journal of Sociolinguistics</journal><volume>18</volume><journalNumber>2</journalNumber><paginationStart>185</paginationStart><paginationEnd>212</paginationEnd><publisher>Wiley</publisher><placeOfPublication/><isbnPrint/><isbnElectronic/><issnPrint>1360-6441</issnPrint><issnElectronic>1467-9841</issnElectronic><keywords>Global linguistic variants, globalisation, mass media, quotatives, rhetorical devices, television</keywords><publishedDay>1</publishedDay><publishedMonth>4</publishedMonth><publishedYear>2014</publishedYear><publishedDate>2014-04-01</publishedDate><doi>10.1111/josl.12069</doi><url/><notes>Accompanied by some invited responses.</notes><college>COLLEGE NANME</college><CollegeCode>COLLEGE CODE</CollegeCode><institution>Swansea University</institution><apcterm/><funders/><projectreference/><lastEdited>2023-02-10T16:41:37.4488461</lastEdited><Created>2013-08-08T18:51:18.5882603</Created><path><level id="1">Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences</level><level id="2">School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics</level></path><authors><author><firstname>Dave</firstname><surname>Sayers</surname><order>1</order></author></authors><documents/><OutputDurs/></rfc1807>
spelling 2023-02-10T16:41:37.4488461 v2 15412 2013-08-08 The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change b5d5a01e3ca75e79e8b4bafd15931f73 Dave Sayers Dave Sayers true false 2013-08-08 Linguistic innovations that arise contemporaneously in highly distant locations, such as quotative 'be like', have been termed 'global linguistic variants'. This is not necessarily to suggest fully global usage, but to invoke more general themes of globalisation vis-à-vis space and time. This research area has grown steadily in the last twenty years, and by asserting a role for mass media, researchers have departed intrepidly from sociolinguistic convention. Yet they have largely relied on quite conventional sociolinguistic methodologies, only inferring media influence post hoc. This methodological conservatism has been overcome recently, but uncertainty remains about the overall shape of the new epistemological landscape. In this paper I review existing research on global variants, and propose an epistemological model for researching media influence in language change: the mediated innovation model. I also analyse the way arguments are constructed in existing research, including the use of rhetorical devices to plug empirical gaps – a worthy sociolinguistic topic in its own right. Journal Article Journal of Sociolinguistics 18 2 185 212 Wiley 1360-6441 1467-9841 Global linguistic variants, globalisation, mass media, quotatives, rhetorical devices, television 1 4 2014 2014-04-01 10.1111/josl.12069 Accompanied by some invited responses. COLLEGE NANME COLLEGE CODE Swansea University 2023-02-10T16:41:37.4488461 2013-08-08T18:51:18.5882603 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics Dave Sayers 1
title The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change
spellingShingle The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change
Dave Sayers
title_short The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change
title_full The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change
title_fullStr The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change
title_full_unstemmed The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change
title_sort The mediated innovation model: A framework for researching media influence in language change
author_id_str_mv b5d5a01e3ca75e79e8b4bafd15931f73
author_id_fullname_str_mv b5d5a01e3ca75e79e8b4bafd15931f73_***_Dave Sayers
author Dave Sayers
author2 Dave Sayers
format Journal article
container_title Journal of Sociolinguistics
container_volume 18
container_issue 2
container_start_page 185
publishDate 2014
institution Swansea University
issn 1360-6441
1467-9841
doi_str_mv 10.1111/josl.12069
publisher Wiley
college_str Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
hierarchytype
hierarchy_top_id facultyofhumanitiesandsocialsciences
hierarchy_top_title Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
hierarchy_parent_id facultyofhumanitiesandsocialsciences
hierarchy_parent_title Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
department_str School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics{{{_:::_}}}Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences{{{_:::_}}}School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics
document_store_str 0
active_str 0
description Linguistic innovations that arise contemporaneously in highly distant locations, such as quotative 'be like', have been termed 'global linguistic variants'. This is not necessarily to suggest fully global usage, but to invoke more general themes of globalisation vis-à-vis space and time. This research area has grown steadily in the last twenty years, and by asserting a role for mass media, researchers have departed intrepidly from sociolinguistic convention. Yet they have largely relied on quite conventional sociolinguistic methodologies, only inferring media influence post hoc. This methodological conservatism has been overcome recently, but uncertainty remains about the overall shape of the new epistemological landscape. In this paper I review existing research on global variants, and propose an epistemological model for researching media influence in language change: the mediated innovation model. I also analyse the way arguments are constructed in existing research, including the use of rhetorical devices to plug empirical gaps – a worthy sociolinguistic topic in its own right.
published_date 2014-04-01T06:28:37Z
_version_ 1821385862958546944
score 11.047501

Similar Items