Table of Contents

1. Linguistic Perspectives 2. The Internet as a Medium 3. A Microexample 4. Language Change 5. A Multilingual Internet 6. Applied Internet Linguistics 7. A Case Study 8. Towards a Theoretical Internet Linguistics. Appendix: Research directions and activities

About the Author

David Crystal is a freelance writer, lecturer and broadcaster, based in Holyhead, North Wales. He is author of numerous books including Just a Phrase I'm Going Through (Routledge 2009). The first Routledge David Crystal Lectures DVD, The Future of Language, was published in 2009.

Reviews

"Crystal draws on his wealth of expertise to shed light on the important issues related to language form and use online.Internet Linguistics should be read by all graduate and undergraduate students interested in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and computer-mediated communication." Mark Warschauer, University of California, USA "David Crystal is a master linguist and master teacher. Given his expertise on language and the internet, he is the ideal author for this student text." Naomi S. Baron, American University, USA