Squires Lauren (ed.) English in Computer-Mediated Communication: Variation, Representation, and Change

De Gruyter Mouton, 2018. — 389 p. — (Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] 93). — ISBN 978-3-11-048832-6, e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-049081-7, e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-048843-2.This book addresses the nature of English use within contexts of computer-mediated communication (CMC). CMC includes technologies through which not only is language transmitted, but cultures are formed, ideologies are shaped, power is contested, and sociolinguistic boundaries are crossed and blurred. The volume therefore examines the English language in particular in CMC - what it looks like, what it accomplishes, and what it means to speakers.Lauren Squires
Introduction: Variation, representation, and change in English in CMC
Code and Variety
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Virtual meatspace: Word formation and deformation in cyberpunk discussions
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Language change because Twitter? Factors motivating innovative uses of because across the English-speaking Twittersphere
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Grammatical feature frequencies of English on Twitter in Finland
Style and Identity
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Stylistic uniformity and variation online and on-screen: A case study of The Real Housewives
Patrick Callier
Exploring stylistic co-variation on Twitter: The case of DH
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Who I am and who I want to be: Variation and representation in a messaging platform
Mode and Medium
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Electronically-mediated Englishes: Synchronicity revisited
Nathan LaFave
Social factors and lexical frequency influencing English adjective gradation in speech and CMC
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Implications of attitudes about non-standard English on interactional structure in the computer-mediated workplace: A story of two modes
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