33.2737, Books: The Pragmatics of Internet Memes: Xie (ed.)

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Subject: 33.2737, Books: The Pragmatics of Internet Memes: Xie (ed.)

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Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:23:02
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: The Pragmatics of Internet Memes: Xie (ed.)

 


Title: The Pragmatics of Internet Memes 
Series Title: Benjamins Current Topics 120  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/bct.120 


Editor: Chaoqun Xie

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027257642 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 128.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027257642 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 71.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027257642 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027211361 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 128.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027211361 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 71.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027211361 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 90.10


Abstract:

What is a meme? What is in a meme? What does ‘living in/with memes’ actually
mean? What do memes mean to human beings dwelling in a life-world at once
connected and fragmented by the internet and social media? Answers to and ways
of answering these and other meme questions that arise in social events
represent human assistance in or resistance to meaning making. A pragmatic
perspective on internet memes as a way of seeing in social life experience
offers a unique window on how meme matters in mediated (inter)actions turn out
to be inextricably intertwined with human beings’ presencing and essencing in
the life-world. Ultimately, this volume seeks to reveal what and how serious
if not unsayable concerns can be concealed behind the seemingly humorous,
carefree and colorful carnival of internet memes across cultures, contexts,
genres and modalities. This book will be of some value to anyone keen on the
dynamics of memes and internet pragmatics and on critical insights that can be
garnered in kaleidoscopic multimodal communication. Originally published as
special issue of "Internet Pragmatics" 3:2 (2020).
 



Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics


Written In: English  (eng)

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