ETHNOGRAPHY OF WRITING: ON CERTAIN LINGUISTIC AND GENRE CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGES / LETTERS

Kao dio većeg rada posvećenog etnografiji elektroničkog dopisivanja tekst se bavi jezičnim aspektom praksi vezanih za uporabu elektroničke pošte. U njemu se, na temelju autoričine arhive elektroničke pošte, opisuju pojedine jezične i žanrovske osobine elektroničkih poruka, poput uvodnih i zaključnih pozdrava, načina citiranja, osobite uporabe interpunkcijskih znakova, a rad se, kao dio etnografije pisanja, zanima i korisničkim razmišljanjima o jeziku i žanru tekstova elektroničke pošte. S obzirom na različite vrijednosne sudove o jeziku elektroničke pošte, tekst se dotiče pitanja navodnog osiromašenja jezika u elektroničkom mediju te također pitanja o takozvanom usmenom karakteru elektroničke pošte.As part of broader research devoted to the ethnography of electronic correspondence, the text deals with the linguistic aspect of practice linked with the use of electronic mail. On the basis of the author\u27s electronic post archive, the article describes individual linguistic and genre characteristics of electronic messages, such as the opening and concluding greetings, the manner in which quotes are given, particular use of punctuation marks, and, as part of the ethnography of writing, also demonstrates interest in user thoughts on the language and genre of electronic postal texts. Due to the diverse value-judgements existing regarding the language of e-mail, the text touches on the question of the ostensible impoverishment of language in the electronic media and also on that of the so-called oral character of e-mail