The death of language and the language of death on Facebook

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A piece about the use of language, grammar and punctuation in Facebook statuses, groups etc particularly in response to catastrophe/tragedy/death: Observation of changing/emerging attitudes.

Gareth Watson is a science correspondent for The Munich Times.

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