Globalization and Gay Language

Leap, William L.

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“…Her analysis centers on Facebook posts by two gay men named Nek and Baatar, whose discursive practices and identity work show rather different tendencies. Temka's explicit projection of his homosexual identity is articulated through his comment on fashion and ‘nakedness,’ whereas Baatar's covert identity work is performed mainly through his use of ‘linguistic homonormativities’ (Leap, ) and affectionate and emotional lexical items, which Dovchin argues to be indicative of women's language in Mongolia. She concludes that Facebook serves as ‘an alternative discursive space’ enabling Mongolian homosexual men to perform their gay identity and unreservedly express their desires through ‘translingual English’ (p. 64).…”

Section: Scope Of Special Issue On World Englishes and Digital Mediamentioning

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Digital communication, social media, and Englishes

Lee

2019

World Englishes

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Scholarship in world Englishes has long been interested in the impact of digital media on the spread of English worldwide. This special issue on ‘World Englishes and digital media’ examines how English(es) are positioned and used in relation to other languages in digital communication, what pragmatic functions English and other languages serve, and how various linguistic choices affect identity work in the context of digital communication. It is hoped that this special issue will make an important contribution to research in this field.

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Section: Scope Of Special Issue On World Englishes and Digital Mediamentioning

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Digital communication, social media, and Englishes

Lee

2019

World Englishes

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“…Meanwhile, one of those ‘linguistic homonormativities’ established within the transnational gay community (Leap, ) is to use such terms as ‘honey,’ ‘darling,’ and ‘dear’ amongst themselves (Dovchin et al., ). It is thus normal for Baatar to loosely use English phrases such as ‘hon’ (‘honey’), ‘my darling,’ ‘dear,’ ‘sweetheart,’ or ‘sweetie’ extensively in his offline interactions with friends.…”

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Translingual English, Facebook, and gay identities

Dovchin

2019

World Englishes

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This paper discusses the role of English in ‘enacting one's sexuality’ or ‘gendered identities’ in the Facebook practices of gay Mongolian men. Drawing on digital ethnographic studies, the study aims to illustrate how the role of English needs to be understood from the sophisticated complexities of ‘translingual English’ authored by Facebook users. It presents how Mongolian Facebook users are frequently involved with translingual English practices through their extensive relocalization of variable resources, including English, Mongolian, and other forms of codes, modes, styles, repertoires, and genres. The study also demonstrates how translingual English users deploy Facebook as a highly potent site and formula for the construction and performance of their ‘sexuality.’

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“…Similarly, the travels of (privileged) gay tourists, the commodification of gay spaces, and the international circulation of gay press make English a lingua franca among (white middle‐class, generally male) gay communities globally (Leap and Boellstorff ). Recent work, however, demonstrates that “gay English,” far from universal, is highly contested, modified, and “territorialized” in local contexts (Leap ). Terms and concepts that diffuse through global channels thus adopt distinctive forms and meanings as individuals interpret them in the context of their own particular political struggles around gender, race, ethnicity, class, and nationhood (Leap ).…”

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“…Recent work, however, demonstrates that “gay English,” far from universal, is highly contested, modified, and “territorialized” in local contexts (Leap ). Terms and concepts that diffuse through global channels thus adopt distinctive forms and meanings as individuals interpret them in the context of their own particular political struggles around gender, race, ethnicity, class, and nationhood (Leap ).…”

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How to Describe It? Why the Term Coming Out Means Different Things in the United States and France

Stambolis‐Ruhstorfer

Saguy

2014

Sociological Forum

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Drawing on 30 in‐depth interviews with U.S. and French lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals, we find important similarities in how U.S. and French respondents strategically managed the visibility of their sexual identities but differences in the vocabulary used to discuss those experiences. Specifically, all of the Americans used the expression coming out spontaneously while only five French respondents did so. Instead, French respondents typically rejected coming out in favor of other words or expressions. Rather than simple effects of speaking different languages, these differences stemmed from distinct connotations given to the same—widely diffused—expressions within each local context. Unlike their American peers, who saw the expression's origin in their own history and used in everyday lives, most French respondents resisted what they perceived to be an American cultural object imported by the French media. We also find evidence that the meaning of coming out is changing in both contexts such that in the future, the French and Americans may perceive and use it more similarly. This research contributes to our understanding of the intersection between language, meaning, and political context, within a cross‐national setting.

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Globalization and Gay Language

Cited by 15 publications

References 35 publications

Digital communication, social media, and Englishes

Digital communication, social media, and Englishes

Translingual English, Facebook, and gay identities

How to Describe It? Why the Term Coming Out Means Different Things in the United States and France

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