This is an accessible and comprehensive overview of multilingualism and multilingual practices on the internet. Topics range from language choice and code-switching, the construction of multilingual practices and identities online, minority languages, translating content and researching multilingual practices online. Detailed case studies from a number of languages and regions, including Chinese, Japanese, German and Spanish, and internet platforms, including email, chatrooms, and social media, provide invaluable illustration. By the co-author of Language Online, this is key reading for all students and researchers in the area of multilingualism and new media.

Contents

List of Tables and Figures *

Acknowledgements *

Foreword to Multilingualism Online by Mark Sebba *

Chapter 1 Multilingualism Online: Background and Approach *

Chapter 2 Linguistic Diversity and Language Choice Online *

Chapter 3 Written Code-switching Online *

Chapter 4 Multilingual Practices and Identities Online *

Chapter 5 Representations of Multilingualism on the Internet *

Chapter 6 Minority Languages and the Internet *

Chapter 7 Online Translation as Multilingual Practices *

Chapter 8
Researching Multilingualism Online: Current Trends and Future Perspectives *

Epilogue to Multilingualism Online by Susan Herring

Appendix 1 *

Bibliography *