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The book explores written language across communication device types. Challenging the current norm of a ""device-neutral"" approach, it argues that the physical device (smartphone, computer) plays a complex role in language use, similar to other contextual factors. A three-part computational sociolinguistic study is used to investigate the variation of nineteen microlinguistic features (message length, capitalisation, acronyms, emoji, etc.) across device types, using two corpora of Twitter/X and Discord messages. The work develops an innovative approach for investigating the influence of technology on written language, highlighting the value of affordances over technological determinism.

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Jenia Yudytska recently completed her doctoral studies at the University of Hamburg in the field of computational sociolinguistics. She is currently embarking in postdoc research, investigating the use of language technologies by forced migrants.

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