Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication

by Ana Deumert

Book Overview

Have wireless, mobile communication technologies - phones, laptops and tablets - 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748655743
• ISBN13: 9780748655748
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.8"