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[macmacsali01]

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.

[kimalmadro]

I think abbreviation is also present in E-forum postings....  

[kimalmadro]

I think abbreviation is also present to e-forums

[karren]

"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.

[deyvalano]

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.

[Loirene Intong]

I observed occasional capitalization and incorrect usage in other e-forum postings.

[kathryn bernardo]

can we consider emoticons as linguistic features?

[junalyn]

The frequent use of pronouns are also present.

[adalian]

  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.

[adalian]

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.

[CJPP]

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.

[JacintaEve]

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.

[Clara Ciera]

Using such pronouns are really present in this kind of forum to directly inform the addressee in regard to the question being asked.

[NEETHLYN]

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.

[JacintaEve]

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.