Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch
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Source →“@ZachWeiner You need to ?Because Internet?, a Book by linguist @GretchenAMcC , who explores what this means, as well as generational and contextual variation in online punctuation use | @ZachWeiner You need to “Because Internet”, a Book by linguist @GretchenAMcC , who explores what this means, as well as generational and contextual variation in online punctuation use | @audubonsociety @asher_elbein @NicoSGonzalez @JasonWardNY If you enjoy how birb and floof and snek and other fun words and fonts and linguistic cleverness spreads through social media, you'll love @GretchenAMcC and her book Because Internet | It's been a longstanding complaint that UK books are bound differently, glued, not sewed, and that the pages fall out, something I have noticed as well. Great book, btw, I just got it today. | This by @GretchenAMcC is a fascinating book about internet language. And I really like this early observation that frustrated ?keysmash? is actually carefully curated to look chaotic because real keysmashing is often disappointing | This by @GretchenAMcC is a fascinating book about internet language. And I really like this early observation that frustrated ‘keysmash’ is actually carefully curated to look chaotic because real keysmashing is often disappointing | if you like words, and are curious about how the lexicon of the internet grows and evolves language itself, i can't recommend 'Because Internet' enough, it's such a great book and you should buy it”
Source →“@ZachWeiner You need to ?Because Internet?, a Book by linguist @GretchenAMcC , who explores what this means, as well as generational and contextual variation in online punctuation use | @ZachWeiner You need to “Because Internet”, a Book by linguist @GretchenAMcC , who explores what this means, as well as generational and contextual variation in online punctuation use | @audubonsociety @asher_elbein @NicoSGonzalez @JasonWardNY If you enjoy how birb and floof and snek and other fun words and fonts and linguistic cleverness spreads through social media, you'll love @GretchenAMcC and her book Because Internet | It's been a longstanding complaint that UK books are bound differently, glued, not sewed, and that the pages fall out, something I have noticed as well. Great book, btw, I just got it today. | This by @GretchenAMcC is a fascinating book about internet language. And I really like this early observation that frustrated ?keysmash? is actually carefully curated to look chaotic because real keysmashing is often disappointing | This by @GretchenAMcC is a fascinating book about internet language. And I really like this early observation that frustrated ‘keysmash’ is actually carefully curated to look chaotic because real keysmashing is often disappointing | if you like words, and are curious about how the lexicon of the internet grows and evolves language itself, i can't recommend 'Because Internet' enough, it's such a great book and you should buy it”
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Linguistics, Best Science Books, and Most Recommended Books.
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language. Language is humanity's most spectacular opensource 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...
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Linguistics, Best Science Books, and Most Recommended Books.
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“@ZachWeiner You need to ?Because Internet?, a Book by linguist @GretchenAMcC , who explores what this means, as well as generational and contextual variation in online punctuation use | @ZachWeiner You need to “Because Internet”, a Book by linguist @GretchenAMcC , who explores what this means, as well as generational and contextual variation in online punctuation use | @audubonsociety @asher_elbein @NicoSGonzalez @JasonWardNY If you enjoy how birb and floof and snek and other fun words and fonts and linguistic cleverness spreads through social media, you'll love @GretchenAMcC and her book Because Internet | It's been a longstanding complaint that UK books are bound differently, glued, not sewed, and that the pages fall out, something I have noticed as well. Great book, btw, I just got it today. | This by @GretchenAMcC is a fascinating book about internet language. And I really like this early observation that frustrated ?keysmash? is actually carefully curated to look chaotic because real keysmashing is often disappointing | This by @GretchenAMcC is a fascinating book about internet language. And I really like this early observation that frustrated ‘keysmash’ is actually carefully curated to look chaotic because real keysmashing is often disappointing | if you like words, and are curious about how the lexicon of the internet grows and evolves language itself, i can't recommend 'Because Internet' enough, it's such a great book and you should buy it”
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