The multilingual Internet language, culture, and communication online /

• Other Authors: Danet, Brenda, 1937-, Herring, Susan C.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Subjects: Communication > Data processing.; Internet.; Multilingualism > Data processing.; Written communication > Data processing.; Sociolinguistics > Data processing.; Language and culture > Data processing.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.; Meertaligheid.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary; Oxford Scholarship Online; ebrary; Oxford Scholarship Online
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 443 p.) : ill., maps.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780199719495 (electronic bk.); 0199719497 (electronic bk.); 0195304799 (alk. paper); 9780195304794 (alk. paper); 0195304802; 9780195304800

Devoted to analysing internet related CMC in languages other than English, this 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, gender issues, and so on.