This article discusses some key functions and features of English in participatory popular culture and social media in Nepal. Analytical attention is paid to how English use in rap battles is entangled with other local languages and semiotic modes to create translingual practices and how online metapragmatic comments about the rap battles give rise to diverse language ideologies. The study shows that by creating their social life offline and online, Nepali young adults project themselves as individuals who have access to niche Englishes via popular culture. English use by Nepali youth functions not only as an instrument to understand Western popular culture but also as a symbolic resource to index a range of such social identities as ‘educated’, ‘civilized’ and ‘competent’. The article concludes by arguing that Nepali young adults create new subjectivities that are often suggestive of social transformation.

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尼泊尔的跨语言英语、参与式嘻哈音乐和社交媒体

本文讨论了英语在尼泊尔参与式流行文化和社交媒体中的一些关键功能和特征。分析关注说唱大战中英语的使用如何与其他当地语言和符号模式交织在一起以创造跨语言实践，以及关于说唱大战的在线元语用评论如何产生不同的语言意识形态。研究表明，通过在线上和线下创建社交生活，尼泊尔年轻人将自己塑造成能够通过流行文化接触小众英语的人。尼泊尔青年使用英语不仅是了解西方流行文化的工具，也是表明“受过教育”、“文明”和“有能力”等一系列社会身份的象征资源。文章最后指出，尼泊尔年轻人创造了新的主体性，这些主体性往往暗示着社会转型。