21.577, Books: Discourse Analysis/Text/Corpus Linguistics: Myers (Ed)

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From: Jennifer Tighe < jtighe at continuumbooks.com >
Subject: The Discourse of Blogs and Wikis: Myers (Ed)
 

	
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Title: The Discourse of Blogs and Wikis 
Series Title: Continuum Discourse Series  

Publication Year: 2009 
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
	   http://www.continuumbooks.com
	

Book URL: http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=132398&SearchType=Basic 


Editor: Greg Myers

Hardback: ISBN:  9781847064134 Pages: 192 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781847064134 Pages: 192 Price: U.K. £ 75.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781847064141 Pages: 192 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781847064141 Pages: 192 Price: U.S. $ 44.99


Abstract:

Blogs and Wikis have not been with us for long, but have made a huge impact
on society.  Wikipedia is the best known exemplar of the wiki, a
collaborative site that leads to a single text claimed by no-one; blogs, or
web-logs, have exploded into the mainstream through novelisations, film
adaptations and have gathered huge followings. Blogs and wikis also serve
to provide a coherent basis for a discourse analysis of specific web
language.  

What makes these forms distinctive as genres, and what ramifications does
the technology have on the language?  Myers looks at how blogs and wikis: 

*allow for easier than ever publication 
*can claim to challenge institutional hierarchies 
*provide alternate perspectives on events 
*exemplify globalization 
*challenge demarcations between the personal and the public 
*construct new communities and more 

Drawing on a wide range of popular blogs and wikis, the book works
alongside an author blog - http://thelanguageofblogs.typepad.com/ - that
contains regularly updated links, references and a glossary.  An essential
textbook for upper level undergraduates on linguistics and language studies
courses, it elucidates, informs and offers insights into a major new type
of discourse. This coursebook includes a companion website for student and
lecturer use. 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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