Language and the Internet:
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Main Author: Crystal, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2001
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and indexes
A linguistic perspective -- The medium of Netspeak -- Finding an identity -- The language of e-mail -- The language of chatgroups -- The language of virtual worlds -- The language of the Web -- The linguistic future of the Internet
Countering the popular mythology that electronic communication is somehow bad for language, leading writer on language issues David Crystal argues that the Internet is in fact enabling a dramatic expansion to take place in the range and variety of linguistic forms, and is providing unprecedented opportunities for personal creativity
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 272 pages)
ISBN:051101340X
051103251X
0511047789
0521802121
1139164775
9780511013409
9780511032516
9780511047787
9780521802123
9781139164771

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