![]() ![]() She explains the hows and the whys of the ways we talk online with the deepest empathy, understanding, and compassion.” -Jonny Sun, author of everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too Reading her work is like suddenly being able to see the matrix. “Gretchen McCulloch is the internet’s favorite linguist, and this book is essential reading. “McCulloch is such a disarming writer - lucid, friendly, unequivocally excited about her subject - that I began to marvel at the flexibility of the online language she describes, with its numerous shades of subtlety.” - The New York Times Named a Best Book of 2019 by Esquire, Real Simple, TIME, The Washington Post, BookPage, Washington Independent Review of Books, Vox, and Amazon. What people thinkīecause Internet is a New York Times bestseller! You can get it at .kr, Kyobo, and elsewhere. ![]() You can get it at Filmart or .jpīecause Internet was published in Korean in 2022, translated by Kang Donghyuk. Or sign up for my monthly linguistics email newsletter to make sure you don’t miss any book news on social media and find out when a Because Internet event may be happening near you! Translationsīecause Internet was published in Japanese in 2022, translated by Toshio Chiba. You can buy signed copies through Argo Bookshop in Montreal, a fantastic indie bookstore which I keep stocked in signed copies if you happen to be in Montreal, and which is also happy to ship internationally, at your expense (just add a note when you check out if you want it personalized to a particular name!) Audiobook ( read by me!): Audible, Audiobookstore, Google Play, Libro.fm, Kobo (Curious about what the audio narration sounds like? You can listen to an excerpt here!).Other countries: Book Depository (US edition), Book Depository (UK edition), check your country’s Amazon, or ask at any local bookstore that carries international books and they should be able to order it (Because Internet is distributed through Penguin Random House).UK: .uk, Apple Books, Hive, Kobo, Waterstones.US ebook:, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, Google Play Store, Kobo.US hardcover:, , Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, Hudson Booksellers, IndieBound, Powell’s, Walmart.US paperback:, , Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, Hudson Booksellers, IndieBound, Powell’s, Walmart.You can get Because Internet in person or on the website of your favourite local bookstore, or follow one of the links below: She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer “LOL” or “lol,” why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. What’s more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time.Įven the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. Language is humanity’s most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. It’s the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that’s a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are. Reading her work is like suddenly being able to see the matrix.” -Jonny Sun, author of everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn tooīecause Internet is for anyone who’s ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Languageįrom Riverhead Books (Penguin, US) and Harvill Secker/Vintage (Random House, UK), available in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and paperback!
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