The Author: Alexander Tokar, born in 1980 in Kursk (Russia), holds degrees in English and German philology from the Universities of Kursk (2002) and Düsseldorf (2005). In December 2008 he obtained his Ph.D. in English Studies from the University of Düsseldorf. Since 2006 he has worked at the Department of English Linguistics of the University of Düsseldorf as a research assistant.

• Contents: Web 2.0 – Internet – Metaphor – Social networks – Folksonomies – Registration – Profile – Friend – Poke – Tagging – Subscribe – Channel – Tag cloud – Social bookmarks – Search engines – Homepage – RSS – Facebook – MySpace – StudiVZ – hi5 – YouTube – Flickr – Delicious – Metonymy – Cognitive linguistics – Semantics – Pragmatics – Grammar – Sociology.

The Author: Alexander Tokar, born in 1980 in Kursk (Russia), holds degrees in English and German philology from the Universities of Kursk (2002) and Düsseldorf (2005). In December 2008 he obtained his Ph.D. in English Studies from the University of Düsseldorf. Since 2006 he has worked at the Department of English Linguistics of the University of Düsseldorf as a research assistant.

• Contents: Web 2.0 – Internet – Metaphor – Social networks – Folksonomies – Registration – Profile – Friend – Poke – Tagging – Subscribe – Channel – Tag cloud – Social bookmarks – Search engines – Homepage – RSS – Facebook – MySpace – StudiVZ – hi5 – YouTube – Flickr – Delicious – Metonymy – Cognitive linguistics – Semantics – Pragmatics – Grammar – Sociology.

The Author: Alexander Tokar, born in 1980 in Kursk (Russia), holds degrees in English and German philology from the Universities of Kursk (2002) and Düsseldorf (2005). In December 2008 he obtained his Ph.D. in English Studies from the University of Düsseldorf. Since 2006 he has worked at the Department of English Linguistics of the University of Düsseldorf as a research assistant.

• Contents: Web 2.0 – Internet – Metaphor – Social networks – Folksonomies – Registration – Profile – Friend – Poke – Tagging – Subscribe – Channel – Tag cloud – Social bookmarks – Search engines – Homepage – RSS – Facebook – MySpace – StudiVZ – hi5 – YouTube – Flickr – Delicious – Metonymy – Cognitive linguistics – Semantics – Pragmatics – Grammar – Sociology.