Essays about: "computer mediated language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words computer mediated language.

1. 1. Dare. Dream. Done. [Sparkles emoji] : Pragmatic functions and sentiment of emojis in tweets by American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian users

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Kristoffer Olsén; [2024]
   Keywords : ambiguity; computer-mediated communication; cyberpragmatics; emoji; emoji usage pattern; national variety; pragmatics; sentiment; tweets; användningsmönster för emojis; attityd; cyberpragmatik; datorförmedlad kommunikation; emoji; nationell variation; pragmatik; tvetydighet; tweets;

   Abstract : Emojis can be ambiguous, even when used within one and the same language and geographic region, but they are also a globally accessible language in computer-mediated communication. This paper aims to examine if emoji usage across five different national varieties of English (American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian), geographically located on five different continents, exhibits similar pragmatic functionality and sentiment. READ MORE

3. 2. Analysing Journalists Written English on Twitter : A comparative study of language used in news coverage on Twitter and conventional news sites

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Douglas Askman; [2021]
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   Abstract : The English language is in constant transition, it always has been and always will be. Historically the change has been caused by colonisation and migration. Today, however, the change is initiated by a much more powerful instrument: the Internet. READ MORE

4. 3. Emojis and emoticons on Twitter : A Study on the use of emojis and emoticons in Twitter data: A Curators of Sweden project.

   University essay from Växjö universitet/Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Nour Ghazi; [2021]
   Keywords : Emoji; emoticons; computer-mediated communication; female and male; language; social media; Twitter; and communication.;

   Abstract : This paper aimed to examine the use of emojis and emoticons in Twitter data. Therefore, the study utilized Twitter data on how emojis and emoticons were used in English in the Curators of Sweden project by Swedish individuals. READ MORE

5. 4. NLP methods for the automatic generation of exercises for second language learning from parallel corpus data

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

   Author : Arianna Zanetti; [2020-09-25]
   Keywords : ICALL; language learning; parallel corpus; exercise generation;

   Abstract : Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (ICALL), or Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Instruction (ICALI), is a field of research that combines Artificial Intelligence and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in order to produce tools that can aid second language learners without human intervention. The automatic generation of exercises for language learners from a corpus enables the students to self-pace learning activities and offers a theoretically infinite, un-mediated and un-biased content. READ MORE

6. 5. Planning Processes in Speaking, Texting, and Writing – The effect of reader’s and listener’s temporal and spatial presence on planning in language production

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Kajsa Gullberg; [2020]
   Keywords : language processing; spoken language production; written language production; computer mediated communication; CMC; planning processes; texting; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates planning processes in language production, more specifically in texting as compared to speaking and writing, through pauses analyses (Goldman Eisler, 1969; Matsuhashi, 1981). Texting is used to examine the role of the spatial and temporal presence of a listener/reader in language production. READ MORE