Ph.D. Student, Department of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh

Lauren B. Collister

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About

I am a Ph.D. Student in Sociolinguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. My prime focus of study is eLinguistics, or online language. I have particularly focused on the study of Discourse Analysis in online environments.

My current ongoing project is an ethnography of World of Warcraft. I am particularly interested in two aspects of the game community: 1.) the productive and creative use of game-native linguistic devices in discourse, and 2.) linguistic presentation of identity in the online world and its relation (or lack thereof) to physical world identity.

I am also interested in the general study of language and gender and sexuality and how these identity aspects are deployed in online contexts. My other interests include music cognition, Ancient Greek language and humor, and constructed languages.

Department of Linguistics

University of Pittsburgh

2816 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260   USA

Contact info:

E-mail: lbc8@pitt.edu

AIM: parnopaeus

World of Warcraft: Parnopaeus (Scarlet Crusade-US)

                                 Skakavaz (Scarlet Crusade-US)

 

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