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4.15 AVERAGE
A super-important book to reevaluate how we understand English and what's happening to language in the Internet Age.
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Really enjoyed this general overview on internet linguistics, and it's really making me crave for deep dives on emojis and memes specifically.
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I'm a little stressed out because this was INTERESTING but didn't offer as much content relevant to my current interest (finding the topic of my bachelor thesis) as I thought before starting this book. It's definitely heavy on the language part (obviously), definitely in relation to the internet (obviously) but not really in explicit context to modern media (its mentioned + sometimes talked about but not as detailed as I hoped) which was a bummer for me, the media student looking for inspiration.
I thought it would mainly talk about linguists + how the digital world is changing (the english) language but the last sentences of the synopsis "essential reading for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from" made it seem like it would still feature a lot of interesting perspectives on typical interactions in the digital society (*modern* media plattforms/forms of interacting) than it ultimately did. The older types (chat, email, texting etc.) were discussed and focused on instead which was nice and insightful but not what I wanted at this moment in time lol. Twitter (and Tumblr) was in here but mostly as a way to contact data for the statistics and to analyze the differences/similarities in the way that particular people used the internet/language.
Personally, I also thought it could've been shorter and more to the point but overall it was really cool to see how parts of (the english) language stayed the same, some shape-shifted and transformed to fit the current circumstances (progress of technology, especially the internet and the different digital forms/methods of communication/ interaction that followed because of it). Last thought? Language is cool.
I thought it would mainly talk about linguists + how the digital world is changing (the english) language but the last sentences of the synopsis "essential reading for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from" made it seem like it would still feature a lot of interesting perspectives on typical interactions in the digital society (*modern* media plattforms/forms of interacting) than it ultimately did. The older types (chat, email, texting etc.) were discussed and focused on instead which was nice and insightful but not what I wanted at this moment in time lol. Twitter (and Tumblr) was in here but mostly as a way to contact data for the statistics and to analyze the differences/similarities in the way that particular people used the internet/language.
Personally, I also thought it could've been shorter and more to the point but overall it was really cool to see how parts of (the english) language stayed the same, some shape-shifted and transformed to fit the current circumstances (progress of technology, especially the internet and the different digital forms/methods of communication/ interaction that followed because of it). Last thought? Language is cool.
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I thought this was a super interesting book on internet linguistics which essentially goes into the massive impact the internet has had on the way we communicate. I find language and linguistics fascinating on their own, and being somebody who is old enough to remember the internet becoming mainstream, and young enough (and online enough from an earlyish age) to be quite fluent in the iNteRneTs, this also just resonated on a quite a personal level that added an extra layer of fun. I enjoyed the author's style here--you could tell she loves what she does, and understands and respects the impacts technology has, and will have, on how humans exist and communicate with one another. It was interesting to see her name and expand upon phenomena I've noticed in my 20+ years of being online but never could quite articulate, like the fact that the more mainstream aspects of the internet become, the less technological barriers there tend to be, which can be inexplicably frustrating to us olds (remember when we all knew how to HTML code??). Anyway, thought this was well worth the read.
I thought this was a super interesting book on internet linguistics which essentially goes into the massive impact the internet has had on the way we communicate. I find language and linguistics fascinating on their own, and being somebody who is old enough to remember the internet becoming mainstream, and young enough (and online enough from an earlyish age) to be quite fluent in the iNteRneTs, this also just resonated on a quite a personal level that added an extra layer of fun. I enjoyed the author's style here--you could tell she loves what she does, and understands and respects the impacts technology has, and will have, on how humans exist and communicate with one another. It was interesting to see her name and expand upon phenomena I've noticed in my 20+ years of being online but never could quite articulate, like the fact that the more mainstream aspects of the internet become, the less technological barriers there tend to be, which can be inexplicably frustrating to us olds (remember when we all knew how to HTML code??). Anyway, thought this was well worth the read.
had this book for 4-5 years and only got around to reading it this year! my appetite for pop linguistics was more or less entirely evaporated by reading far too much of it in the run up to my degree, so many popling books ended upon being given away without me having read them, but i thought this one had a specific, interesting and relatively-unknown-to-me angle on the genre that i'd get something out of it.
and i was right! the book does a good job of introducing all yr ling 101 essentials as any popling does, but properly uses it as a jumping off point for a more specific exploration of the sociolinguistics of being on the computer. solid popling fun. huge fan of the lingcod
and i was right! the book does a good job of introducing all yr ling 101 essentials as any popling does, but properly uses it as a jumping off point for a more specific exploration of the sociolinguistics of being on the computer. solid popling fun. huge fan of the lingcod
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