Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication

Have wireless, mobile communication technologies changed the way people talk to one another? What does it mean to be able to speak or write to anyone, anywhere, 24/7/365, and get an immediate response? And what does the current profusion of these technologies mean for the study of language in social life? This title deals with these questions.

Product details

• Authors: Deumart Ana, Ana Deumert
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.12.2014
• EAN: 9780748655748
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-5574-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Edinburgh Sociolinguistics; Edinburgh Sociolinguistics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures