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Because Internet

Because Internet

Understanding How Language Is Changing

by Gretchen McCulloch
Paperback
Publication Date: 03/03/2020
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THE ACCLAIMED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.

Have you ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message? Wondered where memes came from? Fret no more: Because Internet is 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.

'McCulloch is such a disarming writer - lucid, friendly, unequivocally excited about her subject - that I began to marvel at the flexibility of the online language she describes, with its numerous shades of subtlety.' New York Times

ISBN:
9781529112825
9781529112825
Category:
Educational: Sciences
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03-03-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x21mm
Weight:
0.24kg
Gretchen McCulloch

Gretchen McCulloch writes about linguistics for a general audience, especially internet language. She was the Resident Linguist at The Toast and has also written for The Washington Post, Slate, Mental Floss, and Grammar Girl. McCulloch has a master's in linguistics from McGill University, runs the blog All Things Linguistic, and cohosts Lingthusiasm, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. She lives in Montreal, but also on the internet.

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