Language of The Digital Minds

What is online language? What are the features of this variety? Does it represent any speech community and symbolise its identity? This book unpacks the aforementioned questions in my effort to keep abreast of the language development in the newest human interaction platform: the online communication environment. It begins by reviewing some pertinent concepts and theories, before delving into a more specific content of the variety, used in the Malaysian online communication environment that marked the birth of COME (Communicative Online Malaysian English) and its virtual speech community. The book discusses the linguistic behaviours of the youngest generation in the country. A generation that uses a language that contains many unique features and practices a set of values that is different from the traditional norms and ethics observed by the previous generations. The book is written to bridge the generation gap and to bring you closer to the members of Gen Z.