Section 2 - Language in 21st Century

Question 1

What is an Interrobang?

Answer 1

?! for emphasis

Question 2

How can enthusiasm be shown?

Answer 2

Interrobang (?!)
Exclamative (!)
Capitalisation

Question 3

What are emojis/logograms?

Answer 3

Images to be used as paralinguistic features

Question 4

What do logograms/emojis do?

Answer 4

illicit meaning for some
Add to the dimension of the message by showing paralinguistic features

Question 5

What are constraints?

Answer 5

The limitations of what a platform allows you to do
It can influence the communication
e.g. character counts

Question 6

What are examples of affordances?

Answer 6

Like
Share
Comment
Re-tweet
Hashtag

Question 7

What are affordances?

Answer 7

What a platform allows you to do
e.g. like, share, comment

Question 8

What are examples of constraints?

Answer 8

280 character limit on twitter

Question 9

What can hashtags do?

Answer 9

index posts so it links others to the same topic
indicates thoughts and feelings

Question 10

What is Synchronous?

Answer 10

Replies in real time: read and reply instantly
- similar to real life conversation
- happens on zoom

Question 11

What is Asynchronous?

Answer 11

Replies with time in between
- different time reply to original post
- common of online talk

Question 12

What is the Digital Gap?

Answer 12

the idea some people have better digital literacy than others - they are more ‘tech savvy’

Question 13

What is an example of orthographic representation in online messages?

Answer 13

G clipping to reflect pronunciation
‘gay slang’ - yass, slay, period
ironic language XOXO for sarcasm

Also called Accent Stylisation

Question 14

What is an acronym?

Answer 14

Capital letters that are said as a word:
e.g. NASA, lol

Question 15

What is an initialism?

Answer 15

Capital letters that are said as individual letters:
e.g. BBC, LMAO

Question 16

What is omission?

Answer 16

The missing out of letters
Usually of final consonants or of vowels to save characters

Question 17

What are contractions?

Answer 17

Running 2 words together using an apostrophe
e.g. can’t

Question 18

What is ellipsis?

Answer 18

Missing out (omission) of some words
Usually subjects and auxiliary verbs

Question 19

What is elision?

Answer 19

Missing out letters - usually to save characters

Question 20

What is a meta meme?

Answer 20

A meme about itself or about memes in general

Question 21

What is a Blend?

Answer 21

A word formed from combining two or more words to make a new word

Question 22

What is Borrowing?

Answer 22

Introducing a loan word from one language into another

Question 23

What is Clipping?

Answer 23

The creation of a word with the same word class and denotation by dropping one syllable or more (a truncation)

Question 24

What is Code Shifting?

Answer 24

Speakers switching between more than one language or variety in a situation

Question 25

What is Coinage?

Answer 25

Adding new words to the word stock

Question 26

What is Deixis?

Answer 26

A word or phrase that points to the time, place or situation in which the language is being used

Question 27

What is a Neologism?

Answer 27

The creation of a word from existing lexical items

Question 28

What are some factors that have affected language change in C21?

Answer 28

New inventions
Technological advancements
New subjects and education fields
Migration and population change
Music introduced new taboo words
Global phenomenons/historical events (COVID-19)

Question 29

What are Homophones?

Answer 29

Using letters or numbers to spell out words as characters are paid for in texts