Computer-Mediated Communication: Potential and Actual Effects on the English Language - Couverture souple

Deneke, Laura

 
9783639411843: Computer-Mediated Communication: Potential and Actual Effects on the English Language
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ISBN 10 : 3639411846 ISBN 13 : 9783639411843
Editeur : AV Akademikerverlag, 2012

Synopsis

Revision with unchanged content. Ever since the extent of the Internet’s popularity as a mass medium became foreseeable, linguists have speculated about and investigated its effect on the English language. Now that the majority of English speakers worldwide uses the Web to communicate, its influence on linguistic practices has never been more obvious. This book investigates the extent and nature of the Internet’s impact on language use. It begins with a brief overview of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and its history, covering all of the most discussed and relevant aspects in respect to Internet and language. The following chapters analyse in great depth the Web’s impact on vocabulary, and the process of lexical innovation. They cover new spelling and punctuation conventions that have developed online, and discuss the varying levels of formality and informality in language use. Finally, the book presents a detailed empiric study of the linguistics of business email. This investigation is targeted at an audience of linguists and laymen interested in how the daily use of email, chat and instant messenger alters the way we write and talk.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Revision with unchanged content. Ever since the extent of the Internet’s popularity as a mass medium became foreseeable, linguists have speculated about and investigated its effect on the English language. Now that the majority of English speakers worldwide uses the Web to communicate, its influence on linguistic practices has never been more obvious. This book investigates the extent and nature of the Internet’s impact on language use. It begins with a brief overview of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and its history, covering all of the most discussed and relevant aspects in respect to Internet and language. The following chapters analyse in great depth the Web’s impact on vocabulary, and the process of lexical innovation. They cover new spelling and punctuation conventions that have developed online, and discuss the varying levels of formality and informality in language use. Finally, the book presents a detailed empiric study of the linguistics of business email. This investigation is targeted at an audience of linguists and laymen interested in how the daily use of email, chat and instant messenger alters the way we write and talk.

Biographie de l'auteur

MA,studied English linguistics,psychology and civil lawat the University of Freiburg (Germany),and the University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill (USA).

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Éditeur
AV Akademikerverlag
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639411846
ISBN 13 
9783639411843
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
148
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9783836419871: Computer-mediated Communication: Potential and Actual Effects on the English Language

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  3836419874 ISBN 13 :  9783836419871
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2007
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