| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Continuum discourse series
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Continuum discourse series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-220) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO Social media as corpora; CHAPTER THREE The language of microblogging; CHAPTER FOUR Evaluation in microblogging; CHAPTER FIVE Ambient affiliation; CHAPTER SIX Internet memes; CHAPTER SEVEN Internet slang; CHAPTER EIGHT Internet humour and fail: 'The world is full of #fail tonight'; CHAPTER NINE Political discourseonline; CHAPTER TEN Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; Index. |
| Summary |
Social media such as microblogging services andsocial networking sites are changing the way people interact online and searchfor information and opinions. This book investigates linguistic patterns in electronic discourse, looking at online evaluative language, Internet slang, memes and ambientaffiliation using a large Twitter corpus (over 100 million tweets) alongsidespecialized case studies. The author argues that we are currently witnessing a cultural movement fromonline conversation to what can be termed 'searchable talk' - online talk wherepeople affiliate by making their discourse findabl. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Twitter (Firm)
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Twitter (Firm) |
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Sociolinguistics.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Social media.
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Social media. |
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Digital media.
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Digital media. |
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects. |
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Discourse analysis -- Social aspects.
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Discourse analysis -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Social media. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Zappavigna, Michele. Discourse of Twitter and social media. London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, ©2012 9781441141866 (DLC) 2011051176 (OCoLC)657603480 |
| ISBN |
9781441123039 (electronic book) |
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1441123032 (electronic book) |
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9781441141866 |
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1441141863 |
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1441123032 |
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