Add to ORKGThe aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten computer-mediated communication (chat language) would be placed. The essay makes use of a methodology based on Biber (1988). This was done using a quantitative research methodology based on counting and comparing specific linguistic features in different texts. The data for chat language came from the NPS Chat Corpus. Other data used were transcripts of spoken discourse as well as a popular scientific text as material for comparison. This essay is mainly focused on four features: the use of pronouns, passives, ellipsis and the type/token ration of each individual text. Despite the limited size of the material sampled, the results showed that chat la...
Discourse on the Internet takes place in a medium that lies on the borderline between the written an...
This study investigates how students communicate in writing when they know that their conversational...
Communication breaks through space and time. Today, people can communicate more easily because there...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The author analyses computer chat as a form of communication. While some forms of computer-mediated ...
The author analyses computer chat as a form of communication. While some forms of computer-mediated ...
The aim of this study is to discern and examine the linguistic features that are peculiar to the kin...
Studies of the discourse of electronic chatrooms usually aim at determining how close this variety i...
The purpose of the study presented here was to learn more about the distinctive features of synchron...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the text-based chatting practices of a particular commun...
There are some places for writing, speaking, written language, and spoken language to exist together...
Discourse on the Internet takes place in a medium that lies on the borderline between the written an...
This study investigates how students communicate in writing when they know that their conversational...
Communication breaks through space and time. Today, people can communicate more easily because there...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The aim of this essay is to determine where on a continuum between speech and writingwritten compute...
The author analyses computer chat as a form of communication. While some forms of computer-mediated ...
The author analyses computer chat as a form of communication. While some forms of computer-mediated ...
The aim of this study is to discern and examine the linguistic features that are peculiar to the kin...
Studies of the discourse of electronic chatrooms usually aim at determining how close this variety i...
The purpose of the study presented here was to learn more about the distinctive features of synchron...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the text-based chatting practices of a particular commun...
There are some places for writing, speaking, written language, and spoken language to exist together...
Discourse on the Internet takes place in a medium that lies on the borderline between the written an...
This study investigates how students communicate in writing when they know that their conversational...
Communication breaks through space and time. Today, people can communicate more easily because there...