Digilect: The Impact of Infocommunication Technology on Language

Ágnes Veszelszki

Published by De Gruyter Saur 2017

Digilect

The Impact of Infocommunication Technology on Language

Ágnes Veszelszki

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499117

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The high degree of internet penetration and its social (and linguistic) effects evidently influence how people, and especially the highly susceptible younger generations, use language. The primary aim of the book is not only to identify the characteristic features of the digital language variety (this has already been done by several works) but to examine how digital communication affects the language of other mediums of communication: orality, handwritten texts, digitally created but not digitally perceived, that is printed texts, including in particular advertisements (which quickly respond to linguistic change). Naturally, the book presents the characteristics of the digital language variety (and coins the term digilect) but only to give a framework to the impact analysis. It is important to document changes in progress and thus direct attention to potential outcomes. The current linguistic change is different from previous ones primarily in its speed and form of spreading, and it not only brings innovative grammatical forms and writing/spelling solutions but may also have far-reaching cultural and educational consequences in the long run.

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Agnes Veszelszki, Eötvös-Loránd-University Budapest, Hungary.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
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1. Introduction: Infocommunications and Digilect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Digilect as Language Variety Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
3. Characteristic Features of Digilect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4. Digilect (and its Effects) based on the Findings of Two Questionnaire Surveys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
5. The Impact of Digilect on non-digital Media According to Corpus Analysis Findings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
6. Summary and conclusions. Directions for further research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
Audience: Linguists, informations scientists, teachers, students of humanities in general
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 356
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 81
- Coloured Illustrations: 30
- Tables: 21
Keywords: Variety; Digital; Internet

eBook

Published: June 26, 2017
ISBN: 9783110499117

Hardcover

Published: June 26, 2017
ISBN: 9783110499902