Digital English as a Lingua Franca : shaping new models through question-and-answer websites / Annarita Taronna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taronna, Annarita, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Data processing.

Communication.

Language and languages--Usage.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

Today, the Internet has become a prime venue for social interaction through online services where people share aspects of their daily lives, talk about their interests with other like-minded people, and express their opinions without formality or constraint. Against this background, this book investigates the aesthetics of informal text-based computer-mediated communication (CMC), such as question-and-answer websites conceived of as a distinctive medium of communication based on cosmopolitan brand communities that share the same field of expertise and a common interest in a particular topic. By adopting sentiment analysis in order to recognize the positive or negative semantic orientation of texts and their emotional style, the book demonstrates that the aesthetics of such informal texts written using Digital English as a Lingua Franca (DELF) is influenced by how we associate emotions and opinions with certain linguistic aspects, such as specific words or syntactic patterns, and how we can classify linguistic expressions according to the type of opinion that they convey.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Endorsements

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Conclusion

References.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Taronna, Annarita Digital English As a Lingua Franca

ISBN:

9781527588011