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Peer reviewedBaron, Naomi S. – Language & Communication, 1998
Discussion of the linguistic character of electronic mail (e-mail) looks at technology's role in shaping spoken and written usage, the growth of e-mail as a new communication genre, and formal linguistic properties of e-mail. Proposes a model of e-mail as a creolizing linguistic modality, analogous to pidginization and creolization processes well…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
