Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication /

Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication / / ed. by Susan Herring, Dieter Stein, Tuija Virtanen.

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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 communicatio...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Allton, Diane,
Androutsopoulos, Jannis,
Baker Jacobs, Jennifer,
Baron, Naomi S.,
Bieswanger, Markus,
Bublitz, Wolfram,
Danet, Brenda,
De Oliveira, Sandi Michele,
Dürscheid, Christa,
Firth, Alan,
Frehner, Carmen,
Garcia, Angela Cora,
Georgakopoulou, Alexandra,
Gill, Martin,
Giltrow, Janet,
Gonzales, Amy,
Gruber, Helmut,
Hancock, Jeffrey T.,
Harrison, Sandra,
Herring, Susan C.,
Heyd, Theresa,
Hössjer, Amelie,
Jenks, Christopher,
Jones, Rodney H.,
Jucker, Andreas H.,
Lindholm, Loukia,
Ling, Rich,
Locher, Miriam A.,
Markman, Kris M.,
Paolillo, John C.,
Poff, Michele,
Puschmann, Cornelius,
Schneider, Klaus P.,
Simpson, James,
Skovholt, Karianne,
Stein, Dieter,
Svennevig, Jan,
Thurlow, Crispin,
Virtanen, Tuija,
Zelenkauskaite, Asta,
HerausgeberIn:
Herring, Susan,
Stein, Dieter,
Virtanen, Tuija,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS] ; 9
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Physical Description:1 online resource (758 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface to the handbook series
  • Preface to this handbook
  • Table of contents
  • 1. Introduction to the pragmatics of computermediated 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 communication
  • 13. 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 interaction
  • 24. 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

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