language in 21st century

Question 1

Acronym

Answer 1

abbreviation using the first letter of a group of words and pronounced as a single word.

Question 2

Affordance

Answer 2

linguistic and behavioural choices provided by technology

Question 3

Anchored relationship

Answer 3

an online relationship where two participants know each other in the offline world

Question 4

Asynchronous

Answer 4

unlike synchronous, there is a delay between utterance and response. Responses posted on a forum, which may occur months or even years after the original post, are an example of discourse that is asynchronous

Question 5

Avatar

Answer 5

an image used by a user that accompanies a username

Question 6

Clipping

Answer 6

Removal of the final sound of a word

Question 7

Constraints

Answer 7

Linguistic and behavioural limitations provided by technology

Question 8

Deviant spelling

Answer 8

Spelling which is not standard and is not obviously phonetic

e.g. OMGGGG in place of OMG

Question 9

Deviant punctuation

Answer 9

Punctuation which is not standard

e.g. What?!!!!!!!!!

Question 10

Emoji

Answer 10

A pre-set image / picture that can be added to a text for various reasons

Question 11

Emoticon

Answer 11

An image created usually by using punctuation marks

Question 12

Flaming

Answer 12

making an offensive and insulting post in a chatroom

Question 13

Initialism

Answer 13

abbreviation using the first letter of a group of words and pronounced separately

Question 14

Letter homophones

Answer 14

Where letters are used to replace all or part of a word whose sound they resemble, usually within the context of an electronic text

Question 15

Mixed mode

Answer 15

The use of a combination of words and images to convey meaning

Question 16

Number homophones

Answer 16

where numbers are used to replace all or part of a word whose sound they resemble, usually within the context of an electronic text

Question 17

Online platform

Answer 17

a digital service that facilitates interactions between two or more distinct but interdependent sets of users (whether firms or individuals) who interact through the service via the Internet

Question 18

Phonetic spelling

Answer 18

Spelling which is not standard but is ‘phonetically plausible’ (i.e. is pronounced as it is written)

E.g. ‘wot’ for ‘what’

Question 19

Phonetic spelling

Answer 19

Spelling which is not standard but is ‘phonetically plausible’ (i.e. is pronounced as it is written)

E.g. ‘wot’ for ‘what’

Question 20

Pseudo-prosody

Answer 20

Using written features to convey prosodic features i.e. increased speed, volume, intonation

e.g. WHAT! – capitalisation represents prosodic feature of shouting