Live webcast: Language and the Internet
Date/Time: | Sunday, 02 Mar 2014 at 3:00 pm |
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Location: | Doziel Auditorium, 127 Curtiss Hall |
Cost: | Free |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
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What influence is the Internet having on language, and what is happening to language as it comes to be used on the Internet? There is a great deal of misleading popular mythology, which needs to be replaced by precise linguistic description. This talk presents the view that the Internet is in some respects a linguistic revolution, introducing new opportunities for communication, but that its influence on individual languages has so far been quite limited.