The Multilingual Internet

The Multilingual Internet
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : 9780199719495
ISBN-13 : 0199719497
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Book Synopsis The Multilingual Internet by : Brenda Danet

Download or read book The Multilingual Internet written by Brenda Danet and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-04 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two thirds of global internet users are non-English speakers. Despite this, most scholarly literature on the internet and computer-mediated-communication (CMC) focuses exclusively on English. This is the first book devoted to analyzing internet related CMC in languages other than English. The 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, code switching between multiple languages, gender issues, public policy issues, and so on.


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