LINGUIST List 26.3958

Tue Sep 08 2015

Books: Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication: Deumert

Editor for this issue: Sara Couture <saralinguistlist.org>

Date: 08-Sep-2015
From: Anna Glazier <Anna.Glaziereup.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication: Deumert
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Title: Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication
Series Title: Edinburgh Sociolinguistics
Published: 2014
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
                http://www.euppublishing.com

Book URL: http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748655748

Author: Ana Deumert
Hardback: ISBN: 9780748655731 Pages: 216 Price: U.K. £ 75
Paperback: ISBN: 9780748655748 Pages: 216 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Abstract:

Have wireless mobile communication technologies changed the way people talk to one another?

What does it mean to be able to speak or write to anyone, anywhere, 24/7/365, and get an immediate response? And what does the current profusion of these technologies mean for the study of language in social life? Do we need to develop new approaches, methodologies and theories?

Taking a global perspective, this volume provides readers with a nuanced, ethnographically-informed understanding of mobile communication and sociolinguistics. The text explores a wide range of digital applications, including SMS, email, tweeting, Facebook, YouTube, chatting, blogging, Wikipedia, Second Life and gaming Raising important questions about the nature of language and the creativity of speakers, Ana Deumert examines the role of multimodality and intertextuality in creating meaning, as well as the realities and consequences of digital linguistic inequality.

Key features
*Illustrates core concepts in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology
*Applies sociolinguistic theories of language from Humboldt and Sapir to post-structuralism to new media
*Provides a global and multilingual perspective on digital communication practices and discusses digital inequality and its consequences for sociolinguistic research
*Includes a focus on linguistic creativity and poetic language

Drawing on examples from across the world, as well as original multilingual data and analyses from South Africa, this innovative book provides undergraduate and postgraduate readers with accessible explanations of sociolinguistic theories as they apply to the growing field of mobile communication.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                            Sociolinguistics

Written In: English (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=90433


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