Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication (Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS] Book 9)

The present handbook provides an overview of the pragmatics of language and language use mediated by digital technologies. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined to include text-based interactive communication via the Internet, websites and other multimodal formats, and mobile communication. In addition to 'core' pragmatic and discourse-pragmatic phenomena the chapters cover pragmatically-focused research on types of CMC and pragmatic approaches to characteristic CMC phenomena. * the handbook reflects the state of the art in a comprehensive and coherent way * it is internationally oriented and interdisciplinary * it includes reliable orientational overviews useful not only to researchers but also to students and teachers in more than 20 extensive articles * provides a valuable subject index Preface to the handbook series Preface to this handbook 1. Introduction to the pragmatics of computer-mediated communication I. Pragmatics of computer-mediated modes 2. Email communication 3. Mailing list communication 4. Blogging 5. Real-time chat 6. Instant messaging 7. Text messaging 8. Mobile phone communication 9. Synchronous voice-based computer-mediated communication II. Classic pragmatic phenomena in computer-mediated communication 10. Relevance in computer-mediated conversation 11. Performativity in computer-mediated communication 12. Address in computer-mediated communication 13. Apologies in email discussions 14. Internet advice 15. Deception in computer-mediated communication III. Pragmatics of computer-mediated communication phenomena 16. Email hoaxes 17. Authentication and Nigerian Letters 18. The maxims of online nicknames 19. Micro-linguistic structural features of computer-mediated communication IV. Discourse pragmatics of computer-mediated interaction 20. Rhythm and timing in chat room interaction 21. Conversational floor in computer-mediated discourse 22. Conversational coherence in small group chat 23. Repair in chat room interaction 24. Responses and non-responses in workplace emails 25. Small talk, politeness, and email communication in the workplace 26. Flaming and linguistic impoliteness on a listserv V. Broader perspectives 27. Code-switching in computer-mediated communication 28. Narrative analysis and computer-mediated communication 29. Genre and computer-mediated communication About the authors Subject index The present handbook provides a much-needed overview of the pragmatics of language and language use mediated by digital technologies. While the field of study is not yet large, a significant body of pragmatic literature, broadly defined, has accumulated over the past 20 years on computer-mediated communication (CMC), which is defined to include text-based interactive communication via the Internet, websites and other multimodal formats, and mobile communication. The handbook reflects the state of the art in a comprehensive and coherent way; it is internationally oriented; it is interdisciplinary; and it includes reliable orientational overviews useful not only to researchers but also to students and teachers. In addition to 'core' pragmatic and discourse-pragmatic phenomena as manifested in CMC, the chapters cover pragmatically-focused research on types of CMC and pragmatic approaches to characteristic CMC phenomena

The present handbook provides an overview of the pragmatics of language and language use mediated by digital technologies. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined to include text-based interactive communication via the Internet, websites and other multimodal formats, and mobile communication. In addition to 'core' pragmatic and discourse-pragmatic phenomena the chapters cover pragmatically-focused research on types of CMC and pragmatic approaches to characteristic CMC phenomena.

Biographical note: Susan C. Herring, Indiana University, USA; Dieter Stein, University of Düsseldorf, Germany; Tuija Virtanen, Abo Akademi University, Finnland