15.2854, Books: Disc Analysis/Lexicography, English: Crystal

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Date: 05-Oct-2004
From: Charlotte Maxwell < Charlotte.Maxwell at eup.ed.ac.uk >
Subject: A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak: Crystal 

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:55:09
From: Charlotte Maxwell < Charlotte.Maxwell at eup.ed.ac.uk >
Subject: A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak: Crystal 

Title: A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak 
Publication Year: 2004 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/

Book URL: http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/edition_details.aspx?id=12078 

Author: David Crystal, University of Wales, Bangor

Hardback: ISBN: 0748621199 Pages: 160 Price: U.K. £ 30.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0748619828 Pages: 160 Price: U.K. £ 6.99

Abstract:

Have you been flamed recently?

Or pinged?

Or felt 404?

Do you know the difference between a MUD and a MOO?

Or between a WAP and a WISP?

Can you translate 8-o ?

Or cu4T?

Do you know what your country's domain name is?

This exciting glossary provides all the answers. It includes an A to Z of
the jargon entering the English language with the rise of the Internet and
mobile phone technology, and it gives a dictionary-style treatment of those
Internet terms which have begun to change their meaning in colloquial
speech. Alongside a definition, each of these entries contains a set of
illustrations showing contemporary usage, helping you to understand and -
if you wish - actively participate in the cool communication of the
electronic age. A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak also contains a
comprehensive guide to the special languages that have developed within
electronic media - smileys and text messaging - and a complete listing of
Internet domain names. 

Features:

* The first glossary of Internet and mobile phone terminology

* Includes numerous examples of real usage

* Written by a leading expert on language and linguistics

* Contains comprehensive lists of special symbols.

David Crystal is the author of Language and the Internet and more than 50
books on the English language and linguistics, as well as being a
dictionary writer, the editor of a family of general encyclopedias, and the
creator of a series of Internet initiatives. This unique combination of
backgrounds informs A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak, which displays
the accessibility and clarity that have become renowned as the Crystal
hallmarks. 

This book is a must-have for anyone wanting to keep pace with the
revolutionary trends in English usage going on around them :-)

Customers in North America please contact our distributors: Columbia
University Press in the US and University of British Columbia Press in Canada. 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Lexicography

Subject Language(s): English (Language Code: ENG)

Written In: English  (Language Code: ENG)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11733

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