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Pragmatics of computer-mediated communication /

"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 commun...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Herring, Susan C. (Editor), Stein, Dieter, 1946- (Editor), Virtanen, Tuija (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013.
Series:Handbooks of pragmatics ; v. 9.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the handbook series; Preface to this handbook; 1. Introduction to the pragmatics of computer-mediated communication; I. Pragmatics of computer-mediated modes; 2. Email communication; 3. Mailing list communication; 4. Blogging; 5. Real-time chat; 6. Instant messaging; 7. Text messaging; 8. Mobile phone communication; 9. Synchronous voice-based computer-mediated communication; II. Classic pragmatic phenomena in computer-mediated communication; 10. Relevance in computer-mediated conversation; 11. Performativity in computer-mediated communication.
  • 12. Address in computer-mediated communication13. Apologies in email discussions; 14. Internet advice; 15. Deception in computer-mediated communication; III. Pragmatics of computer-mediated communication phenomena; 16. Email hoaxes; 17. Authentication and Nigerian Letters; 18. The maxims of online nicknames; 19. Micro-linguistic structural features of computer-mediated communication; IV. Discourse pragmatics of computer-mediated interaction; 20. Rhythm and timing in chat room interaction; 21. Conversational floor in computer-mediated discourse; 22. Conversational coherence in small group chat.
  • 23. Repair in chat room interaction24. Responses and non-responses in workplace emails; 25. Small talk, politeness, and email communication in the workplace; 26. Flaming and linguistic impoliteness on a listserv; V. Broader perspectives; 27. Code-switching in computer-mediated communication; 28. Narrative analysis and computer-mediated communication; 29. Genre and computer-mediated communication; About the authors; Subject index.