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'The Spanish of the Internet': Is That a Thing?

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De Benito Moreno, C. (2021). “The Spanish of the Internet”: Is That a Thing? In D. M. Perez, M. Hundt, J. Kabatek, & D. Schreier (Eds.), English and Spanish - World Languages in Interaction (pp. 258–286). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623469.013

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This chapter first describes certain innovations found in computer mediated communication in Spanish at the levels of discourse and morphosyntax, such as the creation of new discursive traditions (clickbait headlines) and the innovative patterns displayed by a number of morphemes (-i) and lexemes (fuerte, ojalá). It then offers a qualitative analysis of these phenomena, working with data mostly taken from Twitter, and compares them to similar uses described for English (such as the Because X construction). The chapter ends with an exp

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Discursive and Morphosyntactic Innovations in Computer Mediated Communication

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English and Spanish - World Languages in Interaction

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Cambridge

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258

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English

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9781108623469

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De Benito Moreno, C. (2021). “The Spanish of the Internet”: Is That a Thing? In D. M. Perez, M. Hundt, J. Kabatek, & D. Schreier (Eds.), English and Spanish - World Languages in Interaction (pp. 258–286). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623469.013

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