Because Internet
Understanding how language is changing
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2020
Vintage (Verlag)
978-1-5291-1282-5 (ISBN)
Vintage (Verlag)
978-1-5291-1282-5 (ISBN)
THE ACCLAIMED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.
Have you ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message? Wondered where memes came from? Fret no more: Because Internet is the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.
'McCulloch is such a disarming writer - lucid, friendly, unequivocally excited about her subject - that I began to marvel at the flexibility of the online language she describes, with its numerous shades of subtlety.' New York Times
Have you ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message? Wondered where memes came from? Fret no more: Because Internet is the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.
'McCulloch is such a disarming writer - lucid, friendly, unequivocally excited about her subject - that I began to marvel at the flexibility of the online language she describes, with its numerous shades of subtlety.' New York Times
Gretchen McCulloch writes about linguistics for a general audience, especially internet language. She writes the Resident Linguist column at Wired. McCulloch has a master’s in linguistics from McGill University, runs the blog All Things Linguistic, and cohosts the Lingthusiasm podcast. She lives in Montreal, but also on the internet. www.gretchenmcculloch.com
Erscheinungsdatum | 19.02.2020 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 238 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik | |
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ISBN-10 | 1-5291-1282-6 / 1529112826 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5291-1282-5 / 9781529112825 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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