Our member Jaroslav Švelch has just published the article “Excuse my poor English: language management in English-language online discussion forums” in the International Journal of the Sociology of Language. It focuses on the ways in which language management and language politics are being practiced in online English language discussion forums. Although these forums use English as their lingua franca, their users are often non-native speakers. The article investigates the strategies that users employ in order to be communicate successfully or to enforce desired language behavior.
