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Computer mediated communication. CMC. Key features - MSN. T ake place in ‘real time’ F eatures of spoken language T urn taking D iscourse markers N on-fluency features, pauses ellipsis O wn spelling conventions – shorthand phonetic . Typical structure. A : hiya! B: hiya! A: u ok?
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Key features - MSN • Take place in ‘real time’ • Features of spoken language • Turn taking • Discourse markers • Non-fluency features, pauses ellipsis • Own spelling conventions – shorthand phonetic
Typical structure A : hiya! B: hiya! A: u ok? B: yeah thanks, you? A: fine tar chick A: so wot u bin up 2?
Pre-closing signals A: anyway ive g2g ive got 10 hours of pushign trolleys and then a pirate party to go 2moz so I need sleep A: watsruths mob?? B: bye bye B: umm, ill email it you A: cheers me dears A: bye A: xxx B: bye x
Prosodic features • Intonation – represented ‘NOOOOOOOO’ ‘WHAT!!!!!’ ‘Julie? JULIE?’
Blendings – MSN idiolect • ‘whasup’ • ‘cudda’ • ‘wudda’ • ‘shudda’ • ‘dya’
Phonetic spellings – MSN lexis • ‘u’ • ‘2moz’ • ‘l8a’ • ‘im’ • ‘satdi’
Vague langauge • ‘ yea bt like wen we had dinna n stuff – kept catcHin her just starin in to space n lookin down’
Maxims • honesty and deception • anonymity • subject matter • ambiguity