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Language and Technology, Marshall McLuhan, Said that the internet is the…
Language and Technology
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TextSpeak
Crystal identified telephony constraints
- rebus abbreviations
- logograms
- punctuation marks to make emoticons
- initialisms and acronym
- vowel omission
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Marshall McLuhan
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Technology has extended concept further - our identity and beliefs are shaped by the media we use and consume
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Summons - phone rining
Answer
Identification
Greetings
Sequence initiating communication
Phatic talk
Pre-closing and closing
pre-closings and closing are used to avoid threatening faces - the closings will change dependant on the relationships of the speakers
Susan Herring
defined computer mediated communication as 'predominantly text-based'
They are multi-modal
The communications can be asynchronous or synchronous
Twitter or X
The 140 character constraint because a source of creativity - people create identity through their username, hashtags and avatars
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Elliptical construction can be shown by images - it is when something isn't explicitly said so images can help to fill the gaps
In 1990 text messages were added to phones to make communication easier
They adapt for personal and social use
The constrains on word counts resulted in creative uses of language
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Susan Herring 'the greater persistence of digital English over speech heightens users' awareness of the language they use and that this might encourage language play'
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Asynchronous - there is a delay between communications they arn't instant
They can vary in formality dependant on the relationships between the two producers
Herring argued men and women speak differently
Men write longer messages with stronger feelings whereas women writer shorter softer language