Language Online - Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

Language Online explores digital communication's evolution, covering AI, activism, and global events. With case studies across cultures, it's essential for students and scholars of media and linguistics.

List of contents

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Chapter 1 Language In The Digital World
Chapter 2 Ten Reasons Why Studying the Online World is Crucial for Understanding Language
Chapter 3 Acting in a Textually-Mediated Social World
Chapter 4 Multilingual Resources and Practices Online
Chapter 5 Writing the Self Online
Chapter 6 Metalinguistic Discourse Online
Chapter 7 Multimodal Stance-taking Online
Chapter 8 Language and Learning Online
Chapter 9 Political Discourse on Social Media
Chapter 10 Verbal Aggression Online
Chapter 11 Vernacular Literacies Online
Chapter 12 Researching Language Online
Chapter 13 Flows Of Language Online And Offline
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

About the author

is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK. He is co-author of Academics Writing: The Dynamics of Knowledge Creation (2019) and Researching Language and Social Media (2022).
Carmen Lee is Professor in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is the author of Multilingualism Online (2017) and co-author of Researching Language and Social Media (2022).

Product details

• Authors: David Barton, David Lee Barton, Lee Carmen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032207957
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3220795-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, Media Studies, Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Press & journalism, Humanities, Language: history & general works, News media and journalism, Language: history and general works