Czenglish memes about this divný národ : Kavárna strikes back (or does it?)

SUČKOVÁ, Magda. Czenglish memes about this divný národ : Kavárna strikes back (or does it?). In 14th ESSE Conference, 29 August - 2 September, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. 2018. ISBN 978-80-210-9015-6.

Basic information

Original name

Czenglish memes about this divný národ : Kavárna strikes back (or does it?)

Authors

SUČKOVÁ, Magda

Edition

14th ESSE Conference, 29 August - 2 September, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2018

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-80-210-9015-6

Keywords in English

memes; code switching; satire; social networks

Tags

rivok

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

I argue that CzenglishMemy, a Twitter and a Facebook profile with the subtitle Czenglish memes about this divný národ, may present a fine example of political carnival site by combining images featuring current news stories with Czenglish captions. First, I analyze the linguistic and multimodal means through which the humorous effect is created (post-image-caption interplay, lexical choice, code-switching patterns, syntactic violations, etc.). Next, I discuss the target audience of the Czenglish memes and critically examine their potential impact.

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Links

MUNI/A/1003/2017, interní kód MU

Name: Profilace výzkumných zaměření v anglofonní lingvistické a literární vědě III (Acronym: PROVYZAN III) Investor: Masaryk University, Category A