A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: September 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780748621194
Subjects: Dictionaries; Slang & jargon; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English; Language; Educational Software; General; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics
Description: "First, it is a guide to the rapidly emerging jargon associated with the Internet and its use, and to the associated terminology of mobile communications. Secondly, it provides definitions and examples of the way this terminology has been adopted by young (or young-minded) Internet users and adapted for use in non-Internet settings."--Page [vii].