Internet linguistics

Internet linguistics studies how language is used, shaped, and changed through online communication and digital media.

Computer-mediated communication: Communication conducted through networked computers and other digital devices. It is the broad communicative setting in which internet linguistic patterns emerge.
Computer-mediated discourse analysis: The study of language and interaction in digital communication, using discourse-analytic methods. It provides methods for examining the structure of online exchanges.
David Crystal: A British linguist known for work on English, language change, and internet communication. His writing helped establish internet language as a subject for linguistic study.
Spoken language: Language produced through speech, typically using sound and face-to-face or mediated interaction. Online text can resemble conversation while lacking many cues of spoken interaction.
Digital identity: The identity a person presents or develops through digital interactions and representations. Linguistic choices online help users construct identities for particular audiences and communities.
Text messaging: The exchange of written messages through mobile devices or messaging services. Its brevity and conversational pace encourage distinctive spelling, punctuation, and turn-taking.
Emoticon: A sequence of keyboard characters used to represent a face or convey tone. Emoticons compensate for expressive cues that are less available in plain text.
Netspeak: A term popularized by David Crystal for language associated with internet communication. The concept framed online language as a distinct, evolving mode of communication.
Written language: Language represented through visible or tactile symbols rather than speech sounds. Digital writing challenges boundaries between conventional writing and spontaneous conversation.
Virality: The rapid spread of content through sharing across networks. Viral circulation can carry expressions across communities and accelerate their uptake.

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