Author(s): Deborah Tannen (Editor, Contributor), Anna Marie Trester (Editor, Contributor), Susan C. Herring (Contributor), Jannis Androutsopoulos (Contributor), Carmen Lee (Contributor), Jenna Mahay (Contributor), Tuija Virtanen (Contributor), Naomi S. Baron (Contributor), Crispin Thurlow (Contributor), Hervé Varenne (Contributor), Stephen M. DiDomenico (Contributor), Laura West (Contributor), Cynthia Gordon (Contributor), Marianna Ryshina-Pankova (Contributor), Gillian "Gus" Andrews (Contributor), Jeffrey Boase (Contributor), Melissa Luke (Contributor), Jens Kugele (Contributor), Aaron Chia-Yuan Hung (Contributor), Sarah Wessler (Contributor)
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication Date: 1 May 2013
Edition: Illustrated
Language: English
Print length: 192 pages
ISBN-10: 1589019547
ISBN-13: 9781589019546
Book Description
“Electronic media have come to dominate our linguistic lives. Social media such as Facebook and Twitter are reshaping people’s interactions. These new worlds of words occasion innovative uses of language and new spaces for constructing identities, forming relationships, and expressing social meanings.” Discourse 2.0: Language and New Media is the next book in the GURT series and was culled from presentations given at the 2011 GURT conference here at GU. Each year, GURT tackles a different topic, chosen by the editor(s) of that particular year. The topic of this book is innovative and novel: Linguists evaluate the use of speech and communication in new media, such as Flickr and blog comments. The discussions are a little more flashy and and unusual, compared with the usual GURT, due to what is being addressed. (See, for example, the conversation-like essay of chapter 13 or the discussion on holiday cards in chapter 5.) The discussion is rich and varied, presenting a new subfield as it is emerging, while relating it to traditional linguistic discourse theories.
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Will engage not only researchers involved in media and language research but also all producers and consumers of Web 2.0 in an informed and stimulating discussion.
About the Author
Deborah Tannen is university professor and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and author of many books on discourse analysis. Anna Marie Trester is a professorial lecturer and director of the master’s program in language and communication in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University.
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