Language and technology

Question 1

World wide web arrived

Answer 1

1991

Question 2

Electronically mediated communication

Answer 2

Unlike spoken communication as it fails to provide immediate feedback and cant express prosody
Unlike writing as it makes dynamic use of graphics, can manipulate a writer’s output and is dependent on non-linear text

Question 3

First text message

Answer 3

1992- Merry Christmas

Question 4

Textese

Answer 4

An abbreviated form of language used in texting, instant messaging, chatrooms etc.

Question 5

Change from above

Answer 5

Technology companies can also initiate change

Question 6

Emoji (2nd generation)

Answer 6

Are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages

Question 7

Fitzpatrick scale

Answer 7

Numerical classification schema for human skin colour
-Developed in 1975

Question 8

Eric Nakagawa 2007

Answer 8

LOLcat or lolcat- image of one or more cats

Question 9

How might Lolcats have an impact on language

Answer 9

-Non- standard language
-Phonetic spellings
-Expressions have become so popular that they resemble catch phrases