{"product_id":"because-internet-understanding-the-new-rules-of-language-paperback","title":"Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGretchen McCulloch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER!!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Amazon, and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e Must-Read Book of Summer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gretchen McCulloch is the internet's favorite linguist, and this book is essential reading. Reading her work is like suddenly being able to see the matrix.\" --Jonny Sun, author of \u003ci\u003eeveryone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecause Internet\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLanguage is humanity's most spectacular open-source 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 of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer \"LOL\" or \"lol,\" why sparkly tildes succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGretchen McCulloch\u003c\/b\u003e writes about linguistics for a general audience, especially internet language. She writes the Resident Linguist column at \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e (and formerly at \u003ci\u003eThe Toast\u003c\/i\u003e). McCulloch has a master's in linguistics from McGill University, runs the blog \u003ci\u003eAll Things Linguistic\u003c\/i\u003e, and cohosts \u003ci\u003eLingthusiasm, \u003c\/i\u003e a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. She lives in Montreal, but also on the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768690344224,"sku":"9780735210943","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/47348ea2dcea9b17c5e5332acbc26ea8.webp?v=1780335308","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/because-internet-understanding-the-new-rules-of-language-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}