Provides a wide-ranging survey of the sociolinguistic issues raised by the impact of information technology. The author demonstrates how and in which ways the new technologies both affect human communication and are in turn affected by the way people communicate using the technologies.
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This text examines language and information technology, focusing attention on the use of the computer at work, as a phone message service, as a communication site, as a text processor and as a knowledge broker.
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General Editor's Preface

1. Introduction

2. People communicating

3. The computer at work

4. The computer as phone message service

5. The computer as communication site

6. The computer as text processor

7. The computer as knowledge broker

8. Public highway or private road? or Who is in charge?

Glossary

References

Index

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138437623
Publisert
2017-07-20
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
216

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Denise Murray is Emeritus Professor at Macquarie University, Australia and San José State University, California, USA. She is the author of What English Language Teachers Need to Knows (Vol 3, Routledge, 2014).