Form and Function of Metacommunication in CMC

Weder, Mirjam

doi:10.4018/978-1-59904-863-5.ch041

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“…Based on the taxonomies suggested by Hübler and Bublitz (2007), Tanskanen (2007), and Weder (2008), we developed a classification scheme for metapragmatic utterances, geared to our material and research question. Every metapragmatic utterance in the corpus was tagged with regard to four major variables: TARGET, EVALUATIVE/NORM-RELATED FUNCTION, TONE, and FEATURE OF THE POSTING/THREAD REFERRED TO.…”

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Intergroup rudeness and the metapragmatics of its negotiation in online discussion fora

Kleinke¹,

Bös²

2022

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This study investigates the communicative practices in English and German online discussion fora as exemplified by two thematically related sample threads. Combining first- and second-order approaches to (im-)politeness, the paper focuses on the question of how participants use intergroup rudeness as a means of in- and outgroup construction and examines how intergroup rudeness is metapragmatically negotiated as the discussions unfold. The results show that intergroup rudeness as well as metapragmatic comments are handled very differently in the two communities explored. Suggesting cultural preferences, there is a much higher degree of interactivity and a clear preference for negotiation at an interpersonal level in the German discussion group; its English counterpart favours negotiation at an intergroup level. Both threads provide metapragmatic evidence that the frequent use of rudeness tokens does not automatically make rudeness an accepted norm.

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Section: Methodology: Classification Of Metapragmatic Utterancesmentioning

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Intergroup rudeness and the metapragmatics of its negotiation in online discussion fora

Kleinke¹,

Bös²

2022

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“…Therefore, since YouTube is a media sharing network that is used worldwide, it is very important to study the kind of language that is being used there. The comments serve from their very nature as a subjective way of evaluating videos, evaluating other users" comments (Weder 2008) and as a way to post thoughts and opinions inspired by the video or the comments of other users.…”

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Gender and Language Variation on the Comments of Viral Youtube Videos

Cantina¹,

Alvarico²

2022

Spr. J. Arts. Humanit. Soc. Sci.

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This study aims at analyzing the language variations between female and male comments on YouTube viral videos as to abbreviations, emojis, laughter variants, and spelling variants of personal pronouns, utilizing a mixed-method design. This study revealed that males tend to use abbreviations in their comments in the leisure domain. Females used more abbreviations in the information and knowledge domains and emojis in the two domains. The female users used haha, hehe, and jaja more frequently than male users in the leisure domain. Male and female users used the laughter variant more often in the leisure domain than in the information and knowledge domain. Women preferred to write the standard spelling of the personal pronouns "I" and "you." Moreover, both men and women used abbreviations to express their views immediately to speed up the typing of messages. Women were more familiar with positive and negative emojis than men. Language varies according to YouTube users' preferences in using the language when posting comments online, and the core social attributes influencing language use are social class, social networks, sex and gender, ethnicity, and age. Thus, infographic material with meanings and examples can be distributed to students and teachers.

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Form and Function of Metacommunication in CMC

Cited by 2 publications

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Intergroup rudeness and the metapragmatics of its negotiation in online discussion fora

Intergroup rudeness and the metapragmatics of its negotiation in online discussion fora

Gender and Language Variation on the Comments of Viral Youtube Videos

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