English in Computer-Mediated Communication - Variation, Representation, and Change

This book addresses the nature of English use within contexts of computer-mediated communication (CMC). CMC includes technologies through which not only is language transmitted, but cultures are formed, ideologies are shaped, power is contested, and sociolinguistic boundaries are crossed and blurred. The volume therefore examines the English language in particular in CMC - what it looks like, what it accomplishes, and what it means to speakers.

About the author

Lauren Squires, The Ohio State University, USA.

Product details

• Assisted by: Laure Squires (Editor), Lauren Squires (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2018
• EAN: 9783110610727
• ISBN: 978-3-11-061072-7
• No. of pages: 380
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 20 mm x 228 mm
• Weight: 574 g
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics; Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]; Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]; Topics in English Linguistics; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics