LING 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Logogram, Reddit, Phoneme
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Abbreviations: e. g. lol, fml, wtf, additional layers of meaning. Emoticons and emoji: typographic glyph combos that express non-verbal concepts. E. g. abstract bc gives idea of smiley face but not arbitrary bc lacks detail on smiley face: adds affectiveness/emotion, does not replace words, combos of basic keystrokes. E. g. omg a new language! : no- symbolic, somewhat conventionalized but not logographic, not combinatorial. Send text over cellular network to friend"s phone. Associated with text messaging, written communication via mobile phones. Driven by brevity and need for affective expression; save time & effort for communicator. Still haven"t started studying lol add lol at end like a period bc don"t pronounce period in texts. I need food for fairies add at end like a period. Textspeak: also emergent in other digital venues. Email, forums, chat, social media posts, page comments: older than text messaging, older than web (email, forums are pre-web internet varieties)
