Summary

Is there a language of e-mail?

This unit looks at the language of e-mail and electronic bulletin boards to see if they amount to a new variety of language. It contrasts the popular claims made about these new forms with stylistic analysis of examples and outlines some of the different approaches that have been used in research including large-scale quantitative accounts.

Links:

• Net Investigations Extensive online investigation, including Petrie's massive psychological study of email.
• Spam-Free Email The extent people have gone to to prevent spamming.
• Email etiquette The Netiquette of email
• Email etiquette More on the Netiquette of email

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