Language and the Internet

The medium of Netspeak 49 fourmaximsofconversationthatunderlietheefficientco-operative use of language.^34 They can be expressed ...

50 LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET that a bicycle will be outside The Swan at this time; (b) she knows the mention of a bicycle is rel ...

The medium of Netspeak 51 persona seems to make people less inhibited: they may feel em- boldened to talk more and in different ...

52 LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET two such circumstances, both of which undermine the maxim of quality. Aspoofis any message whose or ...

The medium of Netspeak 53 captures the resonance of the trolls of Scandinavian mythology – thebridge-guarderswhowouldletpeoplepa ...

54 LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET term was first applied to cases where a single message would be sent to many recipients, as when a ...

The medium of Netspeak 55 puts it: ‘one participant’s spam is another’s entertainment’.^44 But in all cases, spamming is a gratu ...

56 LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET continuing to focus on the topic, albeit rudely, is flaming or not. The point has attracted conside ...

The medium of Netspeak 57 goes well beyond the academic. Some groups have even gone so far as to experiment with flame filters, ...

58 LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET a very fast or competent typist. And selectivity in expression must lead to all kinds of inclarity. ...

The medium of Netspeak 59 reference to the concept of a ‘virtual community’. This notion has been not a little contentious, with ...

60 LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET Internet users are evidently wanting to talk to others who belong to their interest group (subcultu ...

The medium of Netspeak 61 features are and how many such dialects can be distinguished. An initial enquiry into each of the main ...

3Findinganidentity The uncertain linguistic identity of Netspeak, in its various Inter- net manifestations, is presumably why so ...

Finding an identity 63 it. An interesting kind of semi-prescriptivism has begun to emerge, as a result. The distinction between ...

64 LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET toandThis is the lady to whom I was talkingco-exist. Prescriptive writers favour the latter and con ...

Finding an identity 65 He might have been talking about the early years of the Internet. Similar uncertainties underlie the seri ...

66 LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET The approach is not quite as experimental as the authors think. It is standard lexicographical prac ...

Finding an identity 67 thaneditorialdenialssuggest.Itisverymuchpresent,inanintrusive and arbitrary form, in the spell-check and ...

68 LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET If it strikes my fancy, I pass it down the editorial food chain. If after passing through all the e ...