Topic orientation markers in asynchronous Internet discussions

TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Petra. Topic orientation markers in asynchronous Internet discussions. In From Theory to Practice 2014 Zlín. 2014.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Topic orientation markers in asynchronous Internet discussions

Autoři

TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Petra

Vydání

From Theory to Practice 2014 Zlín, 2014

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14640/14:00076337

Organizační jednotka

Centrum jazykového vzdělávání

Klíčová slova anglicky

topic orientation markers; attention markers; asynchronous CMC; discussion boards

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Anotace

V originále

Despite the non-simultaneous character of online discussions in message boards, this type of computer-mediated communication has been described as lying in the middle of the continuum between writing and speaking (e.g.Crystal 2001, Herring 2001, Lewis 2005). Individual and at first sight strictly isolated messages are intertwined by a number of linguistic devices, one of them being topic orientation markers as defined by Fraser (2009). Similarly to real-life spoken conversation, written Internet discourse employs this subcategory of pragmatic markers to manage and smooth the low of conversation. In addition to analysing the use of its four subclasses, i.e. return to a prior topic, continuing with the present topic, digression from the present topic and introduction of a new topic, the presentation aims to examine how they help enhance the topic-bound character of several threads comprising a message board dedicated primarily to dieting, parenting and pregnancy. Moreover, the analysis also concentrates on how topic orientation markers function to overcome the obstacles posed by the medium of the Internet itself, such as the lack of paralanguage, often serving as an important turn-allocation means in face-to-face conversation.