Language And Technology (SWI) Flashcards
What is Monologic?
Where only one participant is involved.
What is Dialogic?
Where more than one participant is involved.
What is Spontaneous Speech?
Speech that is not rehearsed and is natural.
What is Ephemeral Speech?
Speech that doesn’t last forever
What does Synchronous mean?
Something happening at the same time (e.g. a face to face conversation)
What does Asynchronous mean?
When there is a delay between an utterance and a response (e.g. a forum blog)
What is Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)?
Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) is communication that takes place via the medium of computer technology.
Which person is linked to CMC?
Susan Herring
What did Susan Herring say about CMC?
Susan Herring (2007) said that CMC is “predominantly text-based human-human interaction mediated by networked computers or mobile telephony”.
What type of mode(s) is CMC?
Most CMC is multi-modal, or blended mode.
When was the Internet launched?
The 1960’s
When was the first printing press created?
It was created in the 1400’s
When was the first telephone call made?
In 1876
When was Twitter first launched?
In 2006
When was the first mobile phone demonstrated in?
In 1973
When did the verb “to ghost” enter the dictionary?
In 2017
What is Ghosting?
To cut off all electronic communication with someone
When was Snapchat launched?
In 2011
When the first email sent?
In 1971
When was the World Wide Web created?
In 1989
Who created the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
When was the first smartphone invented?
In 1992
What is Graphology?
The visual features of a text (e.g. design and layout)
What is an Affordance of Technology?
An affordance is a linguistic or behavioural choice enabled by technology
What is a Constraint of Technology?
A constraint is a linguistic or behavioural restriction provided by technology
What is Internet English?
It’s a version of English which has emerged through the development of the Internet and related technology. It has brought changes to grammar and language.
What is Textspeak?
Characteristics of text messages. These include abbreviations, phonetic spellings, initialisms (OMG, LOL), emoticons and emojis.
What is Orthography?
The spelling conventions of a language.
Internet English has brought new forms of orthography (e.g. alphanumeric and phonetic spelling (m8, u))
What is Neologism?
A newly coined word or expression.
Technology has brought lots of neologisms into English (blog, Google, phishing)
What is Semantic Change?
Words that change their meaning over time, and they may acquire new meanings over technology (e.g. beef, tea)
What is Flaming?
When you make an offensive post in a chatroom. It can also be associated with cyberbullying.
