What is it about?
Although France isn't a bilingual country, people in France often use English hashtags on Twitter. This paper explores how and why they use them by analyzing English hashtags in tweets from across the country. These hashtags are mostly used for advertising or promotional purposes, but they are also sometimes used to express opinions or emotions.
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Why is it important?
This study offers a fresh look at how English is used on Twitter in a non-bilingual country like France, where regulations exist to protect the French language. As social media continues to grow, understanding these language trends is important, as it provides new insights into how English is integrated into everyday online communication.
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This study shows how social media gives people a chance to use language freely, even in a country like France with strict language regulations. Some people in France worry that English is threatening cultural identity, but I think language change is just a natural part of global interaction. On social media, it’s hard to enforce those language rules, so it’s a great example of how language is always evolving. My research is all about challenging the idea that language change is something to fear. It’s really just a sign of how cultures are connected and influence each other.
Taoues Hadour
University of Central Florida
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This page is a summary of: The pragmatics of hashtags in French tweets, Internet Pragmatics, January 2025, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/ip.00117.had.
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