Because internet : (Record no. 297173)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780735210936
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 302.231 MCC-B
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name McCulloch, Gretchen
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Because internet :
Remainder of title Understanding the new rules of language
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York, NY :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Riverhead Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2019.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time. Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer "LOL" or "lol," why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread. Because Internet is essential reading for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are"--<br/><br/>Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. Social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time. McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. -- adapted from jacket
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Informal writing --<br/>Language and society --<br/>Internet people --<br/>Typographical tone of voice --<br/>Emoji and other internet gestures --<br/>How conversations change --<br/>Memes and internet culture --<br/>A new metaphor.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. <br/>"A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language. Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Language and the Internet. English language -- 21st century. Social media -- Semiotics.
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 11/03/2020   302.231 MCC-B DCB3814 11/03/2020 11/03/2020 Book