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Language, Creativity and Humour Online
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Description| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Author(s) | Camilla Vásquez |
| Published | 20th May 2019 |
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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.
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