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Mentioned in 8 episodes
Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
Book • 2019
In 'Because Internet,' Gretchen McCulloch delves into the ways the internet has influenced language, from the development of texting and memes to the use of emojis and emoticons.
The book examines how internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, and how social media acts as a laboratory for unedited and unfiltered language.
McCulloch discusses how our online interactions reveal aspects of our identities and how language evolves quickly through online communities.
She also explores the historical context of internet language, including the different generations of internet users and their unique linguistic styles.
The book examines how internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, and how social media acts as a laboratory for unedited and unfiltered language.
McCulloch discusses how our online interactions reveal aspects of our identities and how language evolves quickly through online communities.
She also explores the historical context of internet language, including the different generations of internet users and their unique linguistic styles.
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Mentioned in 8 episodes
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19 snips
How the internet shaped how we speak
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as her book about internet language.

Gretchen McCulloch

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101: Micro to macro - The levels of language
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when discussing her research on internet language and emoji.

Gretchen McCulloch

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103: A hand-y guide to gesture
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as a spiritual successor to his book, recommending people read it.


Adam Aleksic

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The Linguistics of Brain Rot
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as her book about internet language.

Gretchen McCulloch

102: The science and fiction of Sapir-Whorf
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as her book about internet language.

Gretchen McCulloch

100: A hundred reasons to be enthusiastic about linguistics
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as a book that lays out the earlier scene of how internet language works as a whole.


Adam Aleksic

Is Algospeak Inevitable? ft. Adam Aleksic
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as a wonderful book about how people talk online.

Jess Zafarris

Exposing grammar myths and mistakes with Grammar Girl
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as her book about internet language, which had 'Because Internet' as a working title from the very beginning.

Gretchen McCulloch

106: Is a hotdog a sandwich? The problem with definitions
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as a book where she and Gretchen McCulloch discuss emoji and their relation to gestures.

Lauren Gawne

Gestures and Emblems: A Discussion with Lauren Gawne
Mentioned by Lane Green as a great new book that tells a lot about language itself.

Unmoving movement: Venezuela’s bloody stalemate
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as the NYT bestselling book written by ![undefined]()

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Sonal Chokshi

Gretchen McCulloch

Words of 2020! (and Metaphors, and Interfaces of the Year)
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while discussing the impact of the internet on language.


Lane Green

Unmoving movement: Venezuela’s bloody stalemate
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as a key source about the new rules of language.


Alex Schmidt

The Word "Hello"
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as the co-host Gretchen McCulloch wrote the emoji chapter.

Lauren Gawne

What your hands are saying (even when you’re not thinking about it), with Lauren Gawne
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as Gretchen McCulloch's book on internet language.

Lauren Gawne

98: Helping computers decode sentences - Interview with Emily M. Bender
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for its insightful look at how language has changed on the internet.

Randall Munroe

Randall Munroe, the genius behind XKCD
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's book about how we talk on the Internet.


Ezra Klein

Gretchen McCulloch

Because podcast