Computer-Mediated Communication- Potential and Actual Effects on the English Language - Laura Deneke
Ever since the extent of the Internet's popularity as a mass medium became
foreseeable, linguists have speculated about and investigated its effect on the
English language. Now that the majority of English speakers worldwide uses
the Web to communicate, its influence on linguistic practices has never been
more obvious.
This book investigates the extent and nature of the Internet's impact on language
use. It begins with a brief overview of Computer-Mediated Communication
(CMC) and its history, covering all of the most discussed and relevant
aspects in respect to Internet and language. The following chapters analyse in
great depth the Web's impact on vocabulary, and the process of lexical
innovation. They cover new spelling and punctuation conventions that have
developed online, and discuss the varying levels of formality and informality
in language use. Finally, the book presents a detailed empiric study of the
linguistics of business email.
This investigation is targeted at an audience of linguists and laymen interested
in how the daily use of email, chat and instant messenger alters the way
we write and talk.
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