عنوان

The multilingual Internet language, culture, and communication online

02BL13318

The multilingual Internet language, culture, and communication online

edited by Brenda Danet and Susan C. Herring.

Oxford New York

Oxford University Press

2007

xvi, 443 p. ill., maps 24 cm

language, culture, and communication online

Communication

Internet

Multilingualism

Written communication

Sociolinguistics

Language and culture

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : Welcome to the multilingual Internet / Brenda Danet and Susan C. Herring -- "A funky language for teenzz to use" : representing Gulf Arabic in instant messaging / David Palfreyman and Muhamed Al Khalil -- The multilingual and multiorthographic Taiwan-based Internet : creative uses of writing systems on college-affiliated BBSs / Hsi-Yao Su -- Neography : unconventional spelling in French SMS text messages / Jacques Anis -- "It's all Greeklish to me!" Linguistic and sociocultural perspectives on Roman-alphabeted Greek in asynchronous computer-mediated communication / Theodora Tseliga and Bessie Mitsikopoulou -- Linguistic innovations and interactional features in Japanese BBS communication / Yukiko Nishimura -- Linguistic features of email and ICQ instant messaging in Hong Kong / Carmen K.M. Lee -- Enhancing the status of Catalan versus Spanish in online academic forums : obstacles to machine translation / Salvador Climent ... ]et al.[ -- Gender and turn allocation in a Thai chat room / Siriporn Panyametheekul and Susan C. Herring -- Breaking conversational norms on a Portuguese users' network : men as adjudicators of politeness? / Sandi Michele de Oliveira -- Kaomoji and expressivity in a Japanese housewives' chat room / Hirofumi Katsuno and Christine Yano -- Language choice online : globalization and identity in Egypt / Mark Warschauer, Ghada R. El Said, and Ayman Zohry -- Language choice on a Swiss mailing list / Mercedes Durham -- Language choice and code switching in German-based diasporic web forums / Jannis Androutsopoulos -- Anyone speak Swedish? Tolerance for language shifting in graphical multiuser virutal environments / Ann-Sofie Axelsson, A sa Abelin, and Ralph Schroeder -- The European Union in cyberspace : democratic participation via online multilingual discussion boards / Ruth Wodak and Scott Wright -- How much multilingualism? Language diversity on the Internet / John C. Paolillo.

Danet, Brenda,

Herring, Susan C