This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertext series is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on new communication technologies. Written in a clear, user-friendly style by an experienced writer and teacher, it combines practical activities with texts, followed by commentaries. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook, Working with Texts: A core book for language analysis. Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students, The Language of ICT :
explores the nature of the electronic word and presents the new types of text in which it is found
examines the impact of the rapid technological change
we are living through
analyses different texts, including
email and answerphone messages, webpages, faxes, computer games and articles about IT
provides detailed guidance on downloading material from the web, gives URLs to visit, and includes a dedicated webpage: www netting-it.com
includes a
comprehensive glossary of terms.
By:
Tim Shortis (University of Bristol UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Spine: 7mm
Weight: 1.560kg
ISBN: 9780415222754
ISBN 10: 0415222753
Series: Intertext
Publication Date: 09 November 2000
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Secondary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface 1. What is it? The nature of new technologies and electronic text 2. Laying it out: Graphology, desktop publishing and multi-modal texts 3. Presenting it. How new technologies are presented in advertising and magazines 4. Specialising in it: Field specific language, jargon and subcultures 5. Naming it: Where do the new words come from? 6. Forming it: Word formation and new words 7. Tracking it: Tracing new words coming into language 8. Picturing it. Icons, symbols and metaphors 9. Mixing it. Mixed modes in e-mail and bulletin board messages 10. Speaking it in writing: Interactive written discourse in chat Glossary of key terms Bibliography and further references Website with sample electronic texts, language investigation projects and links
