Keywords

Question 1

Textisms

Answer 1

Feautures of textese

Question 2

Textese

Answer 2

Language used whilst texting

Question 3

Asynchronous discourse

Answer 3

Coined by Herring
There are delays between turns, e.g. message boards

Question 4

Flamers

Answer 4

Posting aggressive thoughts or responses to threads.7

Question 5

Synchronous discourse

Answer 5

Coined by Herring
This takes place in real time, e.g. msn conversations.

Question 6

Trollers

Answer 6

Semantic appropriation now used to refer to someone posting messages with the intention of irritating others

Question 7

Multimodality

Answer 7

Multiple modes e.g. texting, writing, speaking

Question 8

Modes found online:

Answer 8

• Linguistics mode: Texting
• Visual mode: Images & emojis
• Gestural mode: YouTube videos

Question 9

Technological change

Answer 9

How technology has caused language to change

Question 10

Computer Mediated communication

Answer 10

Mixed mode as it incorporates text, images and audio
It is what it says on the tin.

Question 11

IRF

Answer 11

Initiation, response and feedback.
Found in texts that closely resemble spoken texts

Question 12

Descriptivist

Answer 12

More relaxed outlook on language change; chooses to study it rather than suppress it

Question 13

Pescriptivism

Answer 13

The idea that language should have rules which need to be adhered to

Question 14

What term did Crystal give to refer to the rise of new language?

Answer 14

Netspeak - a hybrid of spoken and written forms

Question 15

Bidialectalism

Answer 15

Able to use two varieties within the same language
Coined by John MCwhorter