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Language and the Internet

Language and the Internet

by David Crystal (Author)

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    Hardcover 2001

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Synopsis

This book examines the dramatic expansion in the range and variety of language, and the unprecedented opportunities for personal creativity, following the advent of the Internet.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 282
 Edition: 1st
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 20 Sep 2001
ISBN 10: 0521802121
ISBN 13: 9780521802123

Media Reviews
'This is the first mainstream book of its kind, a real achievement. Anyone who works in this field will surely refer to it, gratefully, on many future occasions.' John Morrish, Independent on Sunday
'A welcome reminder of an important truth about the Internet ... provides us with the first comprehensive survey of how we behave in our new environment.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
'The first sustained treatment of an engrossing and important subject.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
'... fascinating new book ... Language and the Internet is a pioneering work, an exploratory work, in no way definitive ... here is material for a thousand theses.' Panorama - Canberra Times
'On no account should this book be dismissed as a curious 'popsci' compendium of informative and entertaining tidbits. On the contrary, it is a serious and essential linguistic record of these early days of 'computer mediated language', and one that we would all do well to read.' ELT Journal
'Any medium of communication as revolutionary as the Internet is bound to have a profound effect on language. Though many have noted the linguistic changes emerging in online communication, few have studied the phenomena and fewer yet have written about them in a clear and cogent manner. David Crystal's volume on the topic presents a well-organised and highly readable overview of value to both specialists and non-specialist alike.' Education, Communication and Information
'... does an excellent job and will have to be read by everyone who wants to put a toe in the water on the way to serious empirical study of the Internet.' Linguistics
'... a readable and entertaining overview that situates computer-mediated communication within established linguistic frameworks of analysis and points the reader to much of the extant research addressing language use online.' Education, Communication and Information
Author Bio
David Crystal is one of the world's foremost authorities on language, and as editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia database has used the Internet for research purposes from its earliest manifestations. His work for the technology company AND Classification Data Limited has involved him in the development of an information classification system with several Internet applications and he has extensive professional experience of Web issues. Professor Crystal is author of the hugely successful Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (1987; Second Edition 1997), Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (1995), English as a Global Language (1997), and Language Death (2000). An internationally renowned writer, journal editor, lecturer and broadcaster, he received an OBE in 1995 for his services to the study and teaching of language. His edited books include The Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990; Second Edition 1994; Third Edition 1997; Fourth Edition 2000), The Cambridge Paperback Encyclopedia (1993; Second Edition 1995; Third Edition 1999), The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia (1994; Second Edition 1997) and The Cambridge Factfinder (1994; Second Edition 1997; Third Edition 1998; Fourth Edition 2000).