Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication

<p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication</em> provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of language-focused research on digital communication taking stock and registering the latest trends that set the agenda for future developments in this thriving and fast-moving field. The contributors are all leading figures or established authorities in their areas covering a wide range of topics and concerns in the following seven sections: </p> <p>- Methods and perspectives </p> <p>- Language resources genres and discourses</p> <p>- Digital literacies </p> <p>- Digital communication in public </p> <p>- Digital selves and online-offline lives </p> <p>- Communities networks relationships </p> <p>- New debates and further directions.</p> <p>This volume showcases critical syntheses of the established literature on key topics and issues and at the same time reflects upon and engages with cutting-edge research and new directions for study (as emerging within social media). A wide range of languages is represented from Japanese Greek German and Scandinavian languages to computer-mediated Arabic Chinese and African languages. </p><i> <p>The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication</i> is an essential resource for advanced undergraduates postgraduates and researchers within English language and linguistics applied linguistics and media and communication studies.</p>