18.704, Books: Discourse Analysis/Sociolinguistics: Crystal

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Date: 07-Mar-2007
From: Daniel Davies < ddavies at cambridge.org >
Subject: Language and the Internet: Crystal 

	
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:44:15
From: Daniel Davies < ddavies at cambridge.org >
Subject: Language and the Internet: Crystal 
 



Title: Language and the Internet 
Subtitle: (2nd Edition) 
Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: David Crystal

Electronic: ISBN: 9780511243554 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 24.00
Hardback: ISBN: 0521868599 Pages: 316 Price: U.S. $ 29.99


Abstract:

2nd Edition of 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. 



A note on the second edition  vii
Preface to the first edition  ix
1	A linguistic perspective   1
2	The medium of Netspeak   26
3	Finding an identity   66
4	The language of e-mail   99
5	The language of chatgroups   134
6	The language of virtual worlds   178
7	The language of the Web   203
8	New varieties   238
9	The linguistic future of the Internet   257
References   277
Index of authors   286
Index of topics 


Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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