When part of the word has been cut off e.g maths, flu, exam
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Initialism
First letter of a series of words are pronouced e.g BBC, GCSE
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DYADIC communicaiton
Between two people
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Features of facebook
Status' and pictures represent us, imperatives, synthetic peronalisation
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Asynchronous communication
Communication doesn't happen simultaneously e.g email, texting
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Imperatives
Commands e.g do, make
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Non-standard spelling
not spelt correctly e.g nite, wot
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Second person pronoun
You used for synthetic personalisation
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Norman Fairclough
Linguist idea of synthetic communication
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Non-verbal communication
facial expressin, posture, gestures
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Numerical substitution
A number replace a letter or word e.g l8r, nice 2 c u
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Acronym
abbrevication where first letter of words forms a new word e.g NASA, LOL
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Omission
Word or letter is missed out e.g Suarez on the left misses out verb running
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Features of webpages
Synthetic personalisation, hyperlinks, updates, language use
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Features of radio
Station/audience, visual absence, inclusive prounouns, more than 1 presenter changes
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Contraction
A word in which a letter is replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. it’s, don’t, we’ll, they’ve, could’ve
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Synthetic personalisation
When companies make it seem like they are talking to you. E.g. Computers imitate human interaction- i.e. ‘are you sure?’
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Blend
A word which is a mixture of other words (and letters have been lost), e.g. jeggings, roflcopter, motel
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Paralanguage
How you communicate with your voice, e.g. with your tone, volume, intonation, stress. Has to be replaced on email, texts
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Synchronous communication
When communication happens simultaneously- e.g. internet chat or Skype as it happens in ‘real time’
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Shared context
Insider references- relies on the other person understanding- e.g. ‘Meet you at the usual place’
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Features of sports commentaries
Ellipsis; swapping between past and present tense; audience expected to understand rules etc- shared context; prepositions; use of surnames; jargon
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features of twitter
connected to celebrity and the press; figures of importance/social commentators, 24 hour news/information, powerful networking opportunity- revolutions etc; can upload photos
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
First letter of a series of words are pronouced e.g BBC, GCSE
Back
Initialism
Card 3
Front
Between two people
Back
Card 4
Front
Status' and pictures represent us, imperatives, synthetic peronalisation
Back
Card 5
Front
Communication doesn't happen simultaneously e.g email, texting
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