Cohesion and coherence in online communication

By Peniel Zaazra Nouhou

The growth and evolution of language on social media has led to an increasing proportion of informal communication. Nowadays, it is undoubtedly the true that social media is a strong means of an informal language. Social media have niched all the aspects of human life such as entertainment, information, advertisement, scamming, dating, lobbying, gaming and fighting. Because it enables the fast of sharing messages at cheaper cost, people are worldwide glued to the screens and stuck to what they see and replay, react, discuss or post they stand for what they like and dislike. This book examines the extent to which some Cameroonians use cohesive devices and textual coherence accurately in their online communication. Although they use an informal language, it could educed that netspeakers use cohesive devices in their threads of discussion. This book is therefore of great contribution to the growth of internet linguistic and media discourse as whole.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6206158225
• ISBN13: 9786206158226
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"