Essays about: "Internet chat language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Internet chat language.

  1. 1. An unsupervised method for Graph Representation Learning

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Yi Ren; [2022]
    Keywords : Graph Representation Learning; unsupervised learning; machine learning;

    Abstract : Internet services, such as online shopping and chat apps, have been spreading significantly in recent years, generating substantial amounts of data. These data are precious for machine learning and consist of connections between different entities, such as users and items. READ MORE

  3. 2. Twitch, a Breath of Fresh Air? : An Analysis of Sexism on Twitch.tv

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Jonathan Alklid; [2015]
    Keywords : CMC; Gender; Online Communication; Sexism; Twitch;

    Abstract : The issue of sexism is arguably an important topic in modern society in several aspects of life. With the introduction of the Internet and communication over the Internet, additional potential sources of sexism have emerged. While there appears to have been a significant number of studies regarding sexism in cyberspace, Twitch. READ MORE

  4. 3. World of Warcraft-English - An Investigation of the Language of the English-speaking European Realms and its Differences to other kinds of Computer-Mediated Communication

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jacob Nolskog; [2012-02-20]
    Keywords : World of Warcraft; Computer-Mediated Communication; realms; computer game;

    Abstract : Over the last decade or so, there have appeared several computer games where one plays over the internet as a digital character with and against a large number of other players, interacting in more or less fantastic environments and cooperating to achieve goals in the game. The most successful by far of these MMORPGs (short for Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), in terms of how many people are playing it, is World of Warcraft (WoW), released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2004 (MMOGchart. READ MORE

  5. 4. Computer-Mediated Communication: A Study of Language Variation on Internet Chat

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Slobodan Cvjetkovic; [2010-06-18]
    Keywords : Computer-mediated communication; online chat; language variation;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to discern and examine the linguistic features that are peculiar to the kind of written English used in online chatrooms using the following research question: What characterizes and distinguishes the kind of written English used in online chatrooms in relation to conventional written English? The data used in this study have been collected from an English chatroom called “The English Room”. The messages sent on the chat have been observed and examined in the search of non-conventional linguistic features peculiar to this kind of written English with the hopes of answering the earlier-mentioned research question. READ MORE

  6. 5. Online computer game English : A study on the language found in World of Warcraft

    University essay from Centrum för språk- och litteraturdidaktik

    Author : Simon Lindh; [2009]
    Keywords : computer game; World of Warcraft; Internet language; Netspeak; abbreviation; emoticons;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the language from a small sample of texts from the chat channels of World of Warcraft and analyze the differences found between World of Warcraft English and Standard English. In addition, the studywill compare the language found in World of Warcraft with language found on other parts of the Internet, especially chatgroups. READ MORE