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Language and the Internet (Hardback)
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Short Description for Language and the InternetA revealing insight into the language of the Internet, looking at e-mail, chat, the Web, instant messaging and blogging.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 31 August 2006
- Format: Hardback 316 pages
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- Categories: Linguistics | Sociolinguistics | Internet Guides & Online Services | Programming & Scripting Languages: General | Human-computer Interaction
- ISBN 13: 9780521868594 ISBN 10: 0521868599
- Sales rank: 313,716
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Full description for Language and the Internet
In recent years, the Internet has come to dominate our lives. E-mail, instant messaging and chat are rapidly replacing conventional forms of correspondence, and the Web has become the first port of call for both information enquiry and leisure activity. How is this affecting language? There is a widespread view that as 'technospeak' comes to rule, standards will be lost. In this book, David Crystal argues the reverse: that the Internet has encouraged a dramatic expansion in the variety and creativity of language. Covering a range of Internet genres, including e-mail, chat, and the Web, this is a revealing account of how the Internet is radically changing the way we use language. This second edition has been thoroughly updated to account for more recent phenomena, with a brand new chapter on blogging and instant messaging. Engaging and accessible, it will continue to fascinate anyone who has ever used the Internet.
