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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

author: Gretchen McCulloch (2019)
date read: 2020-04-18
pages: 327
lists: language, nonfiction, tech
rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
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Excellent book on internet linguistics! Touches all the important points and then some. I learnt about Third Places and where thankful!Tobias notation originates, and felt myself and my internet habits covered quite comprehensively.

Tobias
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55/ Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch. Comprehensive and pleasant study of internet linguistics. The details about our very own inter-generational communications problems are notable and noted. https://books.rixx.de/gretchen-mcculloch/because-internet/
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55/ Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch. Comprehensive and pleasant study of internet linguistics. The details about our very own inter-generational communications problems are notable and noted. https://books.rixx.de/gretchen-mcculloch/because-internet/ #rixxReads

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