Conversational Writing : A Multidimensional Study of Synchronous and Supersynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication
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Ewa Jonsson
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
English Corpus Linguistics
ISBN-10
3631671539
ISBN-13
9783631671535
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
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Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 29th, 2016
Print length
353 Pages
Weight
60 grams
Product Classification:
linguisticsSpeaking / pronunciation skillsLiterary studies: from c 1900 -Communication studies
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This multidimensional study focuses on computer chat, i.e. synchronous and supersynchronous computer-mediated communication, here termed «conversational writing». It employs Douglas Biber’s methodology to compare systematically computer chat to speech and writing, and situates two genres of computer chat on Biber’s dimensions of linguistic variation.
The author analyses computer chat as a form of communication. While some forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC) deviate only marginally from traditional writing, computer chat is popularly considered to be written conversation and the most «oral» form of written CMC. This book systematically explores the varying degrees of conversationality («orality») in CMC, focusing in particular on a corpus of computer chat (synchronous and supersynchronous CMC) compiled by the author. The author employs Douglas Bibers multidimensional methodology and situates the chats relative to a range of spoken and written genres on his dimensions of linguistic variation. The study fills a gap both in CMC linguistics as regards a systematic variationist approach to computer chat genres and in variationist linguistics as regards a description of conversational writing.
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