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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455472803321

Titolo

Words on the web [[electronic resource] ] : computer mediated communication / / edited by Lyn Pemberton, Simon Shurville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, England ; ; Portland, OR, USA, : Intellect, 2000

ISBN

1-280-47740-7

9786610477401

1-84150-867-5

0-585-21101-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PembertonLyn <1952->

ShurvilleSimon

Disciplina

004.6

302.2/0285

Soggetti

Communication - Data processing

World Wide Web - Data processing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; - Part One - New Media, New Structures; - Part Two - New Media, New Behaviours; Bibliography; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Recent developments in technology - video conferencing, email and the World Wide Web - have made this a crucial moment for those people studying language behaviour. Pemberton and Shurville place readers at the heart of investigations into what happens to language when people communicate via computers. These studies consider the ways in which we combine written, spoken and non-verbal modes to express ourselves through new media. They discuss informal activities such as email and the chat-room, educational uses of CMC for collaborative learning and language practice, and the integration of CMC i