The Multilingual Internet

Brenda Danet

• 07 juni 2007
• 9780195304800

Samenvatting:

Two thirds of global Internet users are non-English speakers. Despite this, most scholarly literature on the Internet and Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC) focuses exclusively on English. This book analyzes Internet related CMC in languages other than English. It collects 18 articles on facets of language and Internet use.



Two thirds of global internet users are non-English speakers. Despite this, most scholarly literature on the internet and computer-mediated-communication (CMC) focuses exclusively on English. This is the first book devoted to analyzing internet related CMC in languages other than English. The volume collects 18 new articles on facets of language and internet use, all of which revolve around several central topics: writing systems, the structure and features of local languages and how they affect internet use, code switching between multiple languages, gender issues, public policy issues, and so on.