Author(s): Susan Herring (Editor), Dieter Stein (Editor), Tuija Virtanen (Editor)
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Publication Date: 30 Jan. 2013
Edition: Illustrated
Language: English
Print length: 771 pages
ISBN-10: 3110214458
ISBN-13: 9783110214451
Book Description
The present handbook provides an overview of the pragmatics of language and language use mediated by digital technologies. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined to include text-based interactive communication via the Internet, websites and other multimodal formats, and mobile communication. In addition to ‘core’ pragmatic and discourse-pragmatic phenomena the chapters cover pragmatically-focused research on types of CMC and pragmatic approaches to characteristic CMC phenomena.
Editorial Reviews
Review
” On the whole, the volume offers a broad and interesting sample of CMC research and would be of interest to advanced students and researchers alike.” Daria Dayter in: Linguist List 24.2982
Review
” On the whole, the volume offers a broad and interesting sample of CMC research and would be of interest to advanced students and researchers alike.” Daria Dayter in: Linguist List 24.2982
From the Back Cover
The present handbook provides a much-needed overview of the pragmatics of language and language use mediated by digital technologies. While the field of study is not yet large, a significant body of pragmatic literature, broadly defined, has accumulated over the past 20 years on computer-mediated communication (CMC), which is defined to include text-based interactive communication via the Internet, websites and other multimodal formats, and mobile communication. In addition to ‘core’ pragmatic and discourse-pragmatic phenomena as manifested in CMC, the chapters cover pragmatically-focused research on types of CMC and pragmatic approaches to characteristic CMC phenomena.
About the Author
Susan C. Herring, Indiana University, USA; Dieter Stein, University of Düsseldorf, Germany; Tuija Virtanen, Abo Akademi University, Finnland.
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