Computer‐mediated communication on the internet

e-Language: Communication in the Digital Age

“…They, therefore, are not constructed with specific individuals in mind (aside from someone's twitter followers perhaps) so while it is arguably important that communication sent via these means is polite and not face-threatening, it is perhaps not as essential as with the other forms (this will also account for finding 7). For emails, SMS messages and discussion board threads, the frequent use of modal verbs acts as a relationship maintenance device, illustrating a 'connectedness'; a certain level of intimacy between the sender and sendee, despite the physical or temporal distance that may exist (depending on where and when it was sent and received -mirroring results seen in Knight et al, 2014;Tagg, 2009 andHerring, 2002). Also, for data-types that are likely to be communicated between known individuals (i.e.…”

La expresión de las emociones en la Comunicación Virtual: El Ciberhabla

“…Obviamente, escribir es más lento que hablar (Herring, 1999(Herring, , 2003. La comunicación mediada por ordenador, con la palabra como principal vehículo comunicativo, hereda este problema que afecta directamente al flujo de las comunicaciones virtuales.…”

Language Choice in Online Written Communication among Maldivian Professionals

“…While some studies focus on the Internet leading to the dominance of English and eventually crowding out small or indigenous languages, others believe that it actually helps in revitalising such languages (Warschauer 1998(Warschauer , 2001). Herring (2002) The predominance of English language websites and non-native speakers creating websites in English has led to the increase in the frequency of English used by non-native speakers on the Internet. English has a wide influence on other languages as they borrow English computing terms, use English computer-mediated communication (CMC) conventions and mix English with other languages both in email and chat (Herring 2002).…”

“…Herring (2002) The predominance of English language websites and non-native speakers creating websites in English has led to the increase in the frequency of English used by non-native speakers on the Internet. English has a wide influence on other languages as they borrow English computing terms, use English computer-mediated communication (CMC) conventions and mix English with other languages both in email and chat (Herring 2002). However, there is a change recently, especially with most of the major languages having a number of websites of their own, owing to technological advancement.…”