Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

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Routledge, 17.04.2013 - 224 Seiten

In Language Online, David Barton and Carmen Lee investigate the impact of the online world on the study of language.

The effects of language use in the digital world can be seen in every aspect of language study, and new ways of researching the field are needed. In this book the authors look at language online from a variety of perspectives, providing a solid theoretical grounding, an outline of key concepts, and practical guidance on doing research.

Chapters cover topical issues including the relation between online language and multilingualism, identity, education and multimodality, then conclude by looking at how to carry out research into online language use. Throughout the book many examples are given, from a variety of digital platforms, and a number of different languages, including Chinese and English.

Written in a clear and accessible style, this is a vital read for anyone new to studying online language and an essential textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates working in the areas of new media, literacy and multimodality within language and linguistics courses.

 

Inhalt

1 Language in the digital world
1
2 Ten reasons why studying the online world is crucial for understanding language
15
3 Acting in a textually mediated social world
23
4 Hello Bonjour Ciao Hola Guten Tag Deploying linguistic resources online
42
5 Taking up the affordances of multiple languages
55
Writing the self online
67
7 Stancetaking through language and image
86
Talking about language online
107
10 Language online as new vernacular practices
137
11 Language online and education
153
12 Researching language online
164
13 Flows of language online and offline
178
Appendices
184
Bibliography
194
Index
205
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9 Everyday learning online
124

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Autoren-Profil (2013)

David Barton is Professor of Language and Literacy in the Department of Linguistics at Lancaster University and Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre.

Carmen Lee is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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