Language, Creativity and Humour Online

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Banana Slicer
Bic Pens
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Chat Post
CMC
Co-constructed Phenomenon
Computer Mediated Communication
creative language use in social platforms
Creativity
Digital communication
digital discourse analysis
digital media
discourse analysis
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Fan Fiction
Helpful Votes
Humour
Humour Online
Image Macros
Imagined Interaction
interaction
Interactive Web Interface
internet
internet humour research
Language and Communication
Language and linguistics
Language and Media
Letter Repetition
Linguistic Creativity
Linguistic Researchers
media
methodology
multimodal communication
Nicki Minaj
Novelty Account
Online
online interaction studies
online texts
Parody Account
play
qualitative linguistic methods
Register Incongruity
Review Space
Script Opposition
social media
sociolinguistics digital media
Today's Social Media Platforms
Today’s Social Media Platforms
Trump's Tweets
Trump’s Tweets
Tumblr
Tumblr Posts
Tumblr Users
Twitter
Twitter Users

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138066823
  • Weight: 440g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 21 May 2019
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Language, Creativity and Humour Online offers new insights into the creative linguistic practices found in diverse digital contexts, such as social media platforms. It introduces new digital genres and contexts, expanding existing research on computer mediated communication (CMC) and covering key concepts in research on linguistic creativity. The book presents original linguistic analyses of a variety of digital genres, including:

• Novelty Twitter accounts and political humour

• Tumblr Chats

• Amazon review parodies.

This timely book uncovers the linguistic and interactional mechanisms underlying various types of creative, playful, and humorous texts online. It is essential reading for students and researchers working in the areas of language and media, and language and communication.

Camilla Vásquez is a Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of South Florida (USF), USA.

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