Crystal David. Internet Linguistics: A Student Guide

Routledge, 2011. — x, 179 pages. — ISBN13: 978-0-203-83090-1.The Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life, and linguists are increasingly studying its influence on language. In this student-friendly guidebook, leading language authority Professor David Crystal follows on from his landmark bestseller Language and the Internet and presents the area as a new field: Internet linguistics.In his engaging trademark style, Crystal addresses the online linguistic issues that affect us on a daily basis, incorporating real-life examples drawn from his own studies and personal involvement with Internet companies. He provides new linguistic analyses of Twitter, Internet security, and online advertising, explores the evolving multilingual character of the Internet, and offers illuminating observations about a wide range of online behaviour, from spam to exclamation marks.Including many activities and suggestions for further research, this is the essential introduction to a critical new field for students of all levels of English language, linguistics and new media.Linguistic perspectives
Misconceptions
Terminological caution
Research challenges
The Internet as a medium
Speech vs writing
The Internet as a mixed medium
Differences with speech
Differences with writing
A new medium
A microexample: Twitter
Methodological issues
Content issues
Grammatical issues
Pragmatic issues
A variety in evolution
Language change
Vocabulary
Orthography
Grammar
Pragmatics
Styles
A multilingual Internet
Policy and technology
Methodological issues
Applied Internet linguistics
Problem areas
The focus on ambiguity
A lexicopedic approach
The centrality of semantics
An illustration
Other aspects
A forensic case study
An extract
A case study
Method
Results and discussion
Towards a theoretical Internet linguistics
Relevance and indexing
New directions
Research directions and activities
Debating roles
Audio issues
Distinctive forms
Testing hypotheses
Punctuation
Spam
Online translation
Localization
Taxonomy
Semantic targeting