The Multilingual Internet: Language, Culture, and Communication Online - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195304802 ISBN 13: 9780195304800

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Two thirds of global internet users are non-English speakers. Despite this, most scholarly literature on the internet and computer-mediated-communication (CMC) focuses exclusively on English. This is the first book devoted to analyzing internet related CMC in languages other than English. The volume collects 18 new articles on facets of language and internet use, all of which revolve around several central topics: writing systems, the structure and features of local languages and how they affect internet use, code switching between multiple languages, gender issues, public policy issues, and so on.

About this title

About the Author:

Brenda Danet is a Professor Emerita of Sociology and Communication at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Susan Herring is a Professor of Information Science and Linguistics at Indiana University.

Review:

"This book constitutes a landmark contribution to investigations into varied facets of language, culture, and onine communication. Just as [Naomi] Baron comments, it will prove to be a classic work among the internet literature. The volume will provide an invaluable resource for students as well as researchers in an array of fields." --Linguist List

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0195304802
• ISBN 13: 9780195304800
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Danet Brenda, Herring Susan C.