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: Received: 24 October 2024 / Approved: 25 October 2024 / Online: 25 October 2024 (11:58:22 CEST)
How to cite:
Zhou, W. ‘That’s the Vibe‘—Exploring Chinese English Slang “Vibe” Through Translanguaging and Metonymy: A Corpus Linguistics Approach. Preprints2024, 2024102032. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2032.v1
Zhou, W. ‘That’s the Vibe‘—Exploring Chinese English Slang “Vibe” Through Translanguaging and Metonymy: A Corpus Linguistics Approach. Preprints 2024, 2024102032. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2032.v1
Zhou, W. ‘That’s the Vibe‘—Exploring Chinese English Slang “Vibe” Through Translanguaging and Metonymy: A Corpus Linguistics Approach. Preprints2024, 2024102032. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2032.v1
APA Style
Zhou, W. (2024). ‘That’s the Vibe‘—Exploring Chinese English Slang “Vibe” Through Translanguaging and Metonymy: A Corpus Linguistics Approach. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2032.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Zhou, W. 2024 "‘That’s the Vibe‘—Exploring Chinese English Slang “Vibe” Through Translanguaging and Metonymy: A Corpus Linguistics Approach" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2032.v1
Abstract
The present paper investigates the intricacies of the Chinese English slang world with a focus on the use of the term "vibe." The goal here is to provide a look at how terms change and what their metonymic uses are in the approaches of translanguaging. Through the use of a corpus approach to this issue, the goal is to bring out the meanings and their cultural dimensions expressed in this slang word. Against this backdrop, this paper uses the rich linguistic resource from a translanguaging perspective to explore how users navigate the complexities implicated in online self-presentation with the use of such slang. Therefore, the paper scrutinizes the concept of metonymy in Chinese English slang in an attempt to unearth the symbolic meanings or connotations that have been buried in the meaning of the term "vibe." The result of this analysis is a contribution toward understanding the changing landscape of language and communication in this digital era using linguistic data from the Chinese English slang ecosystem.
Keywords
vibe; Chinese English Slang; Translanguaging; Metonymy; Corpus Linguistics
Subject
Social Sciences, Education
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
