Internet Linguistics A Student Guide

Name: Internet Linguistics A Student Guide
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ISBN: 9780415602716

ISBN-10: 0415602718

ISBN-13: 9780415602716

Edition: 2011 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: David Crystal

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The Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life and linguists are increasingly concerned with how it is impacting on language. In this student-friendly guidebook, leading language authority Professor David Crystal follows on from his landmark bestseller, Language and the Internet and takes things one step further. This book presents the area as a new field : Internet linguistics.In his engaging trademark style, Crystal investigates how so much junk email gets past the spam filter- and more importantly how to stop it, looks at why we (over)use exclamation marks in online communication, analyses the phenomenon of Twitter from a linguistic standpoint and much more. He addresses the…

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 1/27/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 182
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English




Linguistic Perspectives



The Internet as a Medium



A Microexample



Language Change



A Multilingual Internet



Applied Internet Linguistics



A Case Study



Towards a Theoretical Internet Linguistics


Appendix: Research directions and activities