Grammar and Electronic Communication

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ID23713965
AuthorsSusan C Herring (0000-0001-7861-5206, corresponding author)
Year2022
Pages1-9
Publication date2022-06-24
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueEncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0466.pub2
OpenAlexW4283387996
ISBN9781405198431
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited33

How digital communication technologies are affecting language, literacy, and language change has excited considerable speculation and inspired a growing body of scholarship. At the heart of this question is the notion of grammar, or the set of structural rules that govern the composition of words, phrases, and sentences in a language. Grammatical usage in computer‐mediated communication (CMC), referred to here as e‐grammar, often deviates from prescriptive norms of written language. This entry describes nonstandard structural characteristics of e‐grammar at the levels of typography, orthography, morphology, and syntax in text‐based English CMC. Separate sections address emoji grammar, e‐grammar and language change, and e‐grammar and literacy.

Affix grammar · Emergent grammar · Generative grammar · Grammar · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Orthography · Reading (process) · Regular grammar · Relational grammar · Syntax · Traditional grammar · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism

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