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02163aam a2200313 i 4500 001 B96C221CC7AD11ED8C057C3121ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230321010046 008 221226t20202019||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1432873075 020 $a 9781432873073 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a McCulloch, Gretchen, $e author. 245 1 $a Because internet $h [LP] : $b understanding the new rules of language / $c Gretchen McCulloch. 250 $a Large Print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, ME : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 539 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-536). 520 $a Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time. Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer "LOL" or "lol," why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread. 541 $d 20221226. 650 $a Language and culture. 650 $a Communication and technology. 650 $a Sociolinguistics. 650 $a Social media $x Semiotics. 650 $a Internet $x Social aspects. 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20230321010149.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B96C221CC7AD11ED8C057C3121ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search