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Selected Issues on a Language in the Information Society

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In this paper the author asks questions concerning a language: its role, place and function in the information society. Finding the answers she defines the issues by categorizing the concept of a language in relation to its users and the ICT tools used by these users. As a result they fall into three categories: 1. unintentional users, 2. intentional users and 3. pre-users; each with a set of ICT tools assigned to their group.In this paper the author asks questions concerning a language: its role, place and function in the information society. Finding the answers she defines the issues by categorizing the concept of a language in relation to its users and the ICT tools used by these users. As a result they fall into three categories: 1. unintentional users, 2. intentional users and 3. pre-users; each with a set of ICT tools assigned to their group

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