Spoken and Written Discourse in Online Interactions: A Multimodal Approach

Winner of the AIA Book Prize for a research monograph in the field of English Language and Linguistics (2016)

Common patterns of interactions are altered in the digital world and new patterns of communication have emerged, challenging previous notions of what communication actually is in the contemporary age. Online configurations of interaction, such as video chats, blogging, and social networking practices demand profound rethinking of the categories of linguistic analysis, given the blur...