Language and the Internet / David Crystal.
Language and the Internet / David Crystal.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Date
2001.
Call Numbers
N400.28546/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 272 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. A linguistic perspective -- 2. The medium of Netspeak -- 3. Finding an identity -- 4. The language of e-mail -- 5. The language of chatgroups -- 6. The language of virtual worlds -- 7. The language of the Web -- 8. The linguistic future of the Internet.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
This title explores the nature of the impact which the Internet is making on language. There is already a widespread popular mythology that the Internet is going to be bad for the future of language - the argument of this book is the reverse.
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Language and the Internet / David Crystal.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and indexes.
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N400.28546/1
Record Identifier
74Vv8JJLzRLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv8JJLzRLd
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ISBN
0521802121 (Hbk)
9780521802123
0521802121
9780521802123 (Hbk)
DDC
400.2854678
402.2854678
402.854678
MMS ID
991014152639702626
