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Books by Gretchen McCulloch

Gretchen McCulloch is an internet linguist: she studies the language of the internet for the people of the internet. McCulloch is the author of “Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language,” a New York Times bestseller and Best Book of 2019 by Time magazine, Amazon, and The Washington Post. She has a master’s in linguistics from McGill University and created the blog “All Things Linguistics.” McCulloch is Canadian and lives in Montreal.

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Because Internet

Gretchen McCulloch

In her book “Because Internet,” Gretchen McCulloch expounds the norms of internet language to dismiss some of the myths. She starts by explaining what “Internet People” are and how their communication changed drastically. You will also learn about the history of LOL and its many meanings today. McCulloch also touches upon the use of ellipsis, emojis, and the beloved hashtag.

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