Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication (Handbooks of Pragmatics): 9 (Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS], 9) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110214458 ISBN 13: 9783110214451

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2013

Synopsis

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 communication. In addition to 'core' pragmatic and discourse-pragmatic phenomena the chapters cover pragmatically-focused research on types of CMC and pragmatic approaches to characteristic CMC phenomena.

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About the Author

Susan C. Herring, Indiana University, USA; Dieter Stein, University of Düsseldorf, Germany; Tuija Virtanen, Abo Akademi University, Finnland.

From the Back Cover

The present handbook provides a much-needed overview of the pragmatics of language and language use mediated by digital technologies. While the field of study is not yet large, a significant body of pragmatic literature, broadly defined, has accumulated over the past 20 years on computer-mediated communication (CMC), which is defined to include text-based interactive communication via the Internet, websites and other multimodal formats, and mobile communication. In addition to 'core' pragmatic and discourse-pragmatic phenomena as manifested in CMC, the chapters cover pragmatically-focused research on types of CMC and pragmatic approaches to characteristic CMC phenomena.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110214458
• ISBN 13: 9783110214451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 774
• Editor: Herring Susan, Stein Dieter, Virtanen Tuija