The Linguistics of Social Media

This accessible textbook introduces concepts and frameworks from linguistics and uses them in the analysis of language on social media. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics and with examples drawn from 12 different social media platforms, including TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat.

Andreea S. Calude is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Waikato, in New Zealand. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Te Reo (the journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand) and author of Questions about Language (Routledge, 2019, edited with Laurie Bauer) and Mysteries of English Grammar (Routledge, 2020, written with Laurie Bauer).