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| mtreacy Diglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6083 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian | Message 1 of 2 23 April 2010 at 1:09am | IP Logged |
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Hello everyone, I am doing a small survey for a research project and want to see if
anyone is interested in answering a few questions. For a little background, I am a Spanish major and also taking some linguistics classes and this is for my linguistics class. This is a research project a few people and I have been given for our final project to present to the class. The topic is the effect of technology on languages (other than English) and I would love to get some feedback from a group of people I know have a serious passion for languages as well as a knowledge of technology and the Internet. I will post the few questions here and you can either answer them on the forums or message me with the answers if you don't want others to see your responses. A small part of the project will also be English's effect upon other languages through technology and the internet so if you have any personal examples or a story about English "netspeak" appearing in your native tongue feel free to share them! Thanks to everyone who takes the time to answer these few questions and I hope this will spark an interesting conversation among us. Survey Questions: 1. a. Do you regularly communicate through email, text or IM in a language other than English? b. If so, have you noticed any standard abbreviations like “lol” in said language? 2. a. Give 1 "X" if you recognize and know the “Netspeak”. b. Give 2 "X"s if you have seen or used the same “Netspeak” in a non-English conversation. lol, jk, b/c, imho, lamo, l8r, w/e, irl, bff, lqtm, <3, bb, brb, np, 404 ,wtf, bbl, ty, 1337, wtg, imo pls, cu, wbatm, rofl, ic, yw 3. Do you think that the English speaking world dominates the Internet? Why or why not? 4. What are your feelings toward abbreviations (“netspeak”) used in email, text or IM? 5. Could Internet slang (“netspeak”) be considered an emerging diglossia situation? Why or why not? 6. How greatly do you believe audience affects the level of formality in Internet communications? 7. Do you believe that non-English speakers are at a disadvantage when using the Internet? Why or why not? I look forward to the responses. Thanks again! Edited by mtreacy on 23 April 2010 at 1:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5339 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 2 23 April 2010 at 5:42am | IP Logged |
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1. A. Yes around 10% of the time
B. No 2. A X B. XX 3. No. There is just as many French, Portuguese or Spanish speakers. 4. Not to be used. 5. No. It's really not a dialect system, it is just adoptive slang (you see it, use it) 6. Almost none 7. No, they are equal. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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