Literacy and the new media: Vita brevis, lingua brevis

New Media Language

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 75-84

  Kesseler, Angela ^a   Bergs, Alexander ^b  

^a Linguistics Department Heinrich Heine University ^*  (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84909446097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203696965     Document Type: Chapter

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