Language Of Emails.

Question 1

Define an email.

Answer 1

A means of sending messages, texts and computer files via the internet.

Question 2

Outline the five feature of emails.

Answer 2

Language displayed within the physical limitations of a screen. 
Language presented as print. 
Non linear text.
Dynamic language - variation. 
Functionality and convention.

Question 3

Outline 3 advantages of using emails.

Answer 3

Fast compared to traditional past.
Can be sent 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Webmail - sent and received from any computer with an internet connection.

Question 4

Outline three disadvantages of emails.

Answer 4

Recipients need access to the internet.
Phishing.
Won’t be read until the recipient logs in.

Question 5

Define netspeak (David Crystal)

Answer 5

Language unique to the internet.

Question 6

What can we look at in relation to netspeak?

Answer 6

The maxims.

Question 7

What are the properties of netspeak?

Answer 7

It is not:
Time bound.
Spontaneous.
Face to face. 
Loosely structured (variable).
Socially interactive. 
Immediately reversible.
Prosodically rich. 

It is: usually factually communicative.

Question 8

Outline the some examples of within the semantic file or netspeak:

Answer 8

Address.
Copy in. 
Format. 
Edit. 
View
Folder.
Draft.
Archive.  
Etc.

Question 9

Outline the mode of production of emails.

Answer 9

Corporate/private/amateur.
Not fixed/subject to change.
Planned/designed.

Question 10

Outline the mode of reception of emails:

Answer 10

Audience activated/user led.
Use of search engines.
Audience types.

Question 11

Outline the other factors influencing an email.

Answer 11

Immediate access to information. 
Authenticity/truthfulness/tracking. 
Genre.
Mimicking of the real world.
Geographical space.

Question 12

Outline the lexis and semantics of emails.

Answer 12

New compounds/blends.
Clippings/shortenings.
Acronyms/initialisms.
Alpha-numeric combinations. 
Specialised language.
Formal/informal language. 
Semantic fields/coinage. 
Taboo. 
Irony, euphemism, ambiguity and humour.

Question 13

Outline the pragmatics of emails.

Answer 13

Contract. 
Constraints of text entry/speed of composition. 
Electronic advantages. 
Editing options. 
Expectations of time delays. 
Intended and unintended consequences. 
Conventions of the genre.
Relationship between participants.
Shared understanding and values.

Question 14

Outline the grammar of emails.

Answer 14

Ellipsis.
Compounds/sentence complexity. 
Use of modals. 
Use of adverbials/adjectives. 
Verb/noun types. 
Tenses.

Question 15

Outline the discourse of emails.

Answer 15

Openings and closings?
Modes of address.
Topic change.
Dyadic (between two people) of group postings.

Question 16

Outline the key terms of emails.

Answer 16

Vowel omission. 
Homophonic representation. 
Phonetic spelling. 
Initialism.
Acronym.
Variant spelling.

Question 17

Outline the phonology of emails.

Answer 17

Contractions.
Elision.
Prosody.
Influence of spoken language features (hesitation indicators, stress etc).

Question 18

Outline the graphology of emails.

Answer 18

Parenthesis. 
Voice accentuation (caps etc).
Trailers.
Emoticons. 
Exclamations. 
Punctuation (standard and non standard).