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Specializations => Morphosyntax => Topic started by: Gabriel Angelo Lucero on October 12, 2015, 07:16:47 PM
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Hi Linguists!
I was tasked by my Prof to post on a forum about this topic, "Linguistic Features of Electronic forum postings."
What are the Linguistic features that you know is prevalent to e-forum postings? I know this can be known through surfing the net, but I was tasked to have it here on the forum. Thank you for the help!
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Do you have a specific question about this or some ideas to discuss with us? Was the goal to ask about this on a general forum, or specifically to linguists? It's a very difficult question to answer in a relevant, general way.
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for example:
1. e-forums use adverbs to refer to an urgent need of response. "I 'soooo' need your response immediately." or, "Please 'actively' participate so we can get right answers faster."
2. misuse of punctuations, "(Urgent)!!!", ":)", "#", and etc.
There are for general forum, not isolated to only Linguist forum but I know all forums share the same prevalent Linguistic features on its postings.
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Thank you!
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But why are you asking us? Isn't this something you can research on your own? The language you are describing is common to all kinds of forums, social media, texting, and other informal writing.
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oooohhhh.. okay this is what you were talking about..
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This post seems suspiciously like spam, since the first one you posted attracted a spam reply, and geeyanyee's post doesn't make sense in context. This thread will be deleted if it attracts too much spam.
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E-forums' linguistic features are similar to the linguistic features we find in any social media site. :)
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Oh, I see ;D Well, this could be effectively done through the four main perspectives: sociolinguistics, education, stylistics and applied (Language Development).
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:)
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You're soooo right Kaye :)
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I really don't know what to do.
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As per my own observation, there were also acronyms present in the forums here in this website. However, they occur less than in texting or chatting.
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Could you consider smileys as an e-forum linguistic feature? As I can observe, this site do have smileys on its comment box in case one wants to add them on their comments. And I believe some sites do also have same feature as this.
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Same question here!
"This is what I have done so far. Apparently all of those words have different meanings. So I don't know how it is related to polysemy and metaphorical extension. Please let me know :)" I saw this from the thread " Homonymy and Polysemy". While I am reading it, I have observed the smiley at the end part of DavidShan's reply. I'm just curious if smileys/emoticons are really part of the linguistic features? To think that it is informal. - Rhaia
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I guess all social media websites use the same linguistic features. Smileys, multiple dots, multiple exclamation points, etc. give meaning to the reader on what that person really felt. It's like you can hear that person talking to you through the linguistic features.
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I think abbreviation is also present in E-forum postings.... :) :) :D ;D ;)
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I think abbreviation is also present to e-forums
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"Good day, everyone! :)
My name's Meta, and I'm doing my BA-thesis as an English Department student. And I'd like to ask for help here.
I'm analysing Dyphesims implied in Fish Tank film, and I really need theory about its types and function.
Does anyone here happen to have a book or e-book or pdf from Keith Allan and Kate Burridge entitledEuphemism & Dysphemism: Language Used as Shield and Weapon ?
Thank you so much in advance."
This is how 'meta' started the thread on Dyphesims and Euphemisms. I believe that in e forums wherein people try to be helpful or ask for help, they still want to be polite but casual about it. This, I believe, is the reason why 'smileys' are prevalent whether they are at the beginning, middle or end part of the text. People are trying to convey emotions within their text thus, use 'smileys'; since e forums are not classified as formal then, it is safe to say that using 'smileys' are acceptable and very much welcome.
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You guys should avoid double posting.
Also, regarding the smiley, my friend's currently researching the effect of smileys within text, as well as their functions. With the use of speech acts, they become very much like linguistic features, but not exactly, due to the simple fact that they're images.
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I observed occasional capitalization and incorrect usage in other e-forum postings.
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can we consider emoticons as linguistic features?
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The frequent use of pronouns are also present.
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:) hi! Ive read posts in GSM Forums. I observed that there are lots of errors when it comes to linking verbs. The writers in these posts often omit linking verbs in their sentences.
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I think he just want to show that he is satisfied with the answer or whatever it is by putting emoticons. I can say that it is already part of linguistic features. It is just that, it is more appropriate to label these emoticons as part of semiotics.
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Hi, Gabriel!
As regards to your question, the linguistic feature, I know, that is prevalent on E-forum postings is the linking verb (e.g. is, are, etc) simply because it is one of the major components of a sentence or of a post.
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If you're speaking of prevalent features? in formal e-forum posts, there aren't much if the author chooses to type without using smileys, emoticons, shortcuts, acronyms and abbreviations.
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Using such pronouns are really present in this kind of forum to directly inform the addressee in regard to the question being asked.
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Using of emoticons can be a linguistic features of e forum since it's also shows a semantic features, but using it can be informal.
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CJPP, in general there are many e-forum posts where people exchange post using informal, casual/ colloquial language using smileys etc. like in a chatbox forum gaiaonline.com, members of that community have random topics just for fun and replies also are if not always, sometimes informal. Unlike this forum on linguistics, members are expected to respond relevantly and formally.
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It depends on which prevalent features you're looking for.
features which are existent and non-existent using a certain genre in written posts, between formal and informal language and in specific features, e.i Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
1st person pro.
2nd person pro.
3rd person pro.
::)
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But, such expectation has confused me through reading others' comments in here with the use of emoticons, Jacinta Eve.
Or, please read Karren's comment. :)
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Varying in degrees, posts here may contain smileys but the text is still formal. ;)
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Oh, I seeeeeeeeeeee, Jacinta Eve.
Anyway, congrats! You made it on page 3! ;D
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likewise Carl ;D