Letters by Phone or Speech by Other Means: The Linguistics of Email.

Baron, Naomi S.

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ERIC Number: EJ570328

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Publication Date: 1998

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Letters by Phone or Speech by Other Means: The Linguistics of Email.

Baron, Naomi S.

Language & Communication, v18 n2 p133-70 Apr 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 known in spoken language. (MSE)

Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Electronic Mail, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Language Variation, Letters (Correspondence), Models, Pidgins, Technological Advancement, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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