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Algospeak : how social media is transforming the future of language / Adam Aleksic.

Aleksic, Adam, (author.).

Summary:

"Algospeak is an energetic, astonishing journey into language, the internet, and what this intersection means for all of us. In it, a professional linguist uses original surveys, data, and internet archival research to usher us through this new linguistic landscape, he also illuminates how communication is changing in both familiar and unprecedented ways. From our use of emojis to sentence structure to the ways younger generations talk about sex and death (see unalive in English and desvivirse in Spanish), we are in a brand-new world, one shaped by algorithms and technology"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593804070
ISBN: 0593804074
Physical Description: 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: why your kids are saying "unalive" -- How to play liguistic whac-a-mole -- Sticking out your gyat for the Rizzler -- No because what happened to your attention? -- Why everybody sounds the same online -- "The algorithm really knows me" -- Wordpilled slangmaxxing -- It's giving appropriation -- What are we wearing this summer? -- Ok boomer -- Are we cooked?