Discussion forum interactions: Text and context

Montero, Begoña; Watts, Francés; García-Carbonell, Amparo

doi:10.1016/j.system.2007.04.002

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“…Early issues were raised concerning the lexical and syntactic features of Netspeak [5][1][2] [22][10] [14]; as well as its status; whether it should be categorized as a written or a spoken language [12][24] [8]. Pallettieri suggests that the patterns of Netspeak used in the synchronous online communication (such as online chatting in chat rooms) are similar to those made in natural face-to-face conversations.…”

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Netspeak and a Breach of Formality: Informalization and Fossilization of Errors in Writing among ESL and EFL Learners

Shaari¹,

Bataineh²

2015

IJCDSE

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Netspeak and a Breach of Formality: Informalization and Fossilization of Errors in Writing among ESL and EFL Learners

Shaari¹,

Bataineh²

2015

IJCDSE

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“…For this piece of research we decided to concentrate on standard forums for general use with the format of mere opinion or discussion forum in which a participant proposes a topic for open discussion in order to gather different views on the subject (Montero et al, 2007). The first consideration that emerges is that, although they all seem to have this specific goal a priori (i.e.…”

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“…In the past fifteen years ODF (Online discussion forum) has proven a highly effective instrument in the teaching world, especially in the language teaching environment when using methodological approaches based on online learning (see Hammond, 1999;Ruiz-Madrid, 2006;Montero, Watts and García-Carbonell, 2007;Balaji and Chakrabarti, 2010;Anderson, 2014).…”

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Roles and Registers in Digital Forum Interaction: Developing a Communicative Identity-Based Approach to Register Variation

Moreno

Sierra

2017

RLA

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The paper studies how communicative roles and registers are expressed in an interdependent way, influencing each other in current forums. In the first part, by combining previous insights in register variation analysis, social identity theory and cognitive linguistics, three new concepts for linguistic analysis are proposed: 'Register-Modulating Role' (RMR), 'Register compass' (R-compass) and 'pivotal register'. The way they function in digital discourse is illustrated in the second part by analysing an open discussion forum sample corpus. The results show that each forum's profile displays a different array of RMR, together with their associated registers, which tend to spin around a prominent pivotal register. In our corpus three salient pivotal registers are identified, together with their associated registers and distinctive language features. The study substantiates the close connection between relational identities or roles and registers in digital discourse, and facilitates linguistic devices for a better use and understanding of register variation and forum discourse.Keywords: Register-modulating role, communicative identities, computer-mediated communication, discussion forum, register variation. RLA. Revista de LingüísticaTeórica y Aplicada Concepción (Chile), 55 (2), II Sem. 2017, pp. 143-167. CL ISSN 0033 -698X 144 RLA. Revista de Lingüística Teórica y Aplicada, 55 (2), II Sem. 2017 RESUMENEl presente artículo estudia cómo los roles y registros comunicativos se expresan de forma interdependiente, influenciándose mutuamente en los actuales foros digitales. En la primera parte, y a partir de la combinación de estudios previos sobre variación de registros comunicativos, la teoría de la identidad social y la lingüística cognitiva, se proponen tres nuevos conceptos para el análisis discursivo: 'Rol Modulador de Registro' (RMR), 'brújula del registro' y 'registro-pivote'. La forma en la que funcionan en el discurso digital se ilustra en la segunda parte, con el análisis de un corpus de foros de discusión. Los resultados demuestran que cada perfil de foro despliega una gama diferente de RMR, junto con sus registros asociados, y que todos ellos tienden a emerger y alternar alrededor de un registropivote prominente. En nuestro corpus se identifican tres claros registros-pivote con sus rasgos lingüísticos distintivos. El estudio sustenta la estrecha relación entre identidades relacionales o roles comunicativos y registros lingüísticos en el discurso digital y facilita herramientas discursivas para el análisis, la comprensión y el uso de la variación del registro en la interacción actual a través de internet.Palabras clave: Rol modulador de registro, identidades comunicativas, comunicación por ordenador, foro de discusión, variación de registro.

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“…Also, some studies indicate that L2 learners tend to use modal verbs in contexts in which L1 speakers would normally use other devices (cf. Hinkel 1995;Montero et al 2007;Debbie 2009). Thus, the reasons for expecting differences to occur between modal use in native versus nonnative speakers is well-fed.…”

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“It Would Never Happen in My Country I Must Say”: A Corpus-Pragmatic Study on Asian English Learners’ Preferred Uses of Must and Should

Kecskés

Kirner-Ludwig

2017

Corpus Pragmatics

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This paper aims to investigate Asian English learners' preferred uses of the modal auxiliaries must and should by using both syntactic, topical and semantic annotation as well as various corpus linguistic tools. Our primary goal is to identify culture-specific motivations in the use of the two modal verbs and to demonstrate how those relate to the use of the two items in language produced by L1 speakers of English. We adhere to Hinkel's study (TESOL Q 29(2):325-343. 1995(TESOL Q 29(2):325-343. , doi: 10.2307 and her findings as a springboard into our analysis. She suggested that differences in the use of modals between Asian English learners (AELs) and English L1 speakers may be culturally founded. We see the essential need to question and deepen the understanding of such implications, arguing that a count of tokens and their correlation with essay topics alone cannot be sufficiently informative. This is why we pursue a more in-depth approach which combines both corpus and pragmatic tools. First of all, we will conduct a contrastive analysis of quantitative data from two different learners' corpora on the one hand, and three available corpora of contemporary English on the other hand. The goal of this analysis is to carve out certain AEL and/or English native speakers' patterns in using must and should in their deontic and epistemic senses. Secondly, we will evaluate the AEL data in regard to whether and how they reflect cultural values different from the ones expressed in native English speech. Our findings show that, whereas ENSs and AELs alike do demonstrate a preference in the less face-threatening modal should over the more direct must in deontic uses, both must and should tend to be used more deliberately and more purposefully by AELs than by ENSs, who seem to apply them much more vaguely and polysemously. With regard to Hinkel's major claim that AELs' use of must and & Istvan Kecskes

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Discussion forum interactions: Text and context

Cited by 33 publications

References 8 publications

Netspeak and a Breach of Formality: Informalization and Fossilization of Errors in Writing among ESL and EFL Learners

Netspeak and a Breach of Formality: Informalization and Fossilization of Errors in Writing among ESL and EFL Learners

Roles and Registers in Digital Forum Interaction: Developing a Communicative Identity-Based Approach to Register Variation

“It Would Never Happen in My Country I Must Say”: A Corpus-Pragmatic Study on Asian English Learners’ Preferred Uses of Must and Should

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