An Approach to English Computerese.

 INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER I
ENGLISH THROUGH THE AGES 4
1.1. EARLY BEGINNINGS 4
1.2. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN MIDDLE AGES 13
1.3. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TODAY 19
CHAPTER II
LINGUISTIC APPROACHES TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 30
2.1. REGIONAL VARIATION 31
2.2. SOCIAL VARIATION 32
2.3. VARIETIES ACCORDING TO FIELD OF DISCOURSE 39
2.4. VARIETIES ACCORDING TO MEDIUM 41
2.5. VARIETIES ACCORDING TO ATTITUDE 42
2.6. VARIETIES ACCORDING TO INTERFERENCE 45
2.7. RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIETY TYPES 47
CHAPTER III
REGISTERS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 51
CHAPTER IV
COMPUTERESE 59
CONCLUSIONS 67
BIBLIOGRAPHY 69
APPENDIX 72
1. BASIC COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY 72
2. BASIC INTERNET TERMINOLOGY 80