The virtual speech community: Social network and language variation on IRC

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Paolillo, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTERNET; LINGUISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC); INTERNET RELAY CHAT (IRC); SOCIAL CONTACTS; SOCIOLINGUISTICS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0342437857     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1999.tb00109.x     Document Type: Review

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