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English Pages 227 Seiten Illustrationen, 1 Diagramm [195] Year 2015
Table of contents :
Preface (by Professor Jim Martin)1. Introduction: Social Media and the Cultural Movement Toward 'Searchable Talk' 2. Social Media as Corpora 3. Evaluative Language Online 4. Internet Slang 5. Internet Memes 6. Internet Humour and Fail: "The world is full of #fail tonight" 7. Online Political Discourse 8. Ambient Affiliation 9. Conclusion: Social Media and Internet Linguistics References Appendices Index