AN ANALYSIS OF THE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY OF CYBERSPACE
AN ANALYSIS OF THE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY OF CYBERSPACE
Author(s): Cezar VasilescuSubject(s): Education, General Reference Works, Business Economy / Management, Political Sciences
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: language analysis; website; Internet users; statistics
Summary/Abstract: The article proposes an analysis regarding the relationship between Internetusage and language. Moreover, it highlights the impact the latter have on thehuman interactions depicted by future knowledge societies within the framework ofthe Information Age. This endeavor explores from a linguistic perspective how cyberusers’ native language affects their Internet usage patterns. Hence, its fi nal goal is todetermine whether the Internet is expected to remain overbalanced in English usage.In this respect, the relationship between web users’ native language and the languagecontent of the Internet websites they access is also examined based on statistic data.
Journal: Journal of Defense Resources Management (JoDRM)
- Issue Year: 6/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 31-36
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English