Discourse of Text Messaging: Analysis of SMS Communication (Continuum Discourse, 11) - Hardcover

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Tagg, Caroline

 
9781441174093: Discourse of Text Messaging: Analysis of SMS Communication (Continuum Discourse, 11)
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ISBN 10: 1441174095 ISBN 13: 9781441174093
Publisher: Continuum, 2012

Synopsis

Understanding the discourse of text messaging has
profound implications for society. SMS text messaging has impacted considerably
on how we communicate with others. Negative, sometimes alarmist media coverage
continues to fuel debate surrounding its 'damaging' effects on language and literacy,
yet these portrayals tend to be based on extreme or fictionalised accounts of
text messaging. What kind of language do people really use when they text?

Drawing on a range of academic sources from various
fields, this book describes the language used in a corpus of over 11,000 text
messages, as yet the largest collection in the UK. In particular, the book shows
how the discourse of text messaging is shaped by users' often creative
responses to the functions and constraints of the medium.

This is an essential book for upper level
undergraduates and postgraduates studying discourse analysis, as well as
educators wanting to understand this important new form of discourse.

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About the Author

Caroline Tagg is Lecturer in Applied
Linguistics at the Centre for English Language Studies at the University of
Birmingham, UK.

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Publisher
Continuum
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1441174095
ISBN 13 
9781441174093
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
240

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