Online Language
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==ONLINE LANGUAGE== | ==ONLINE LANGUAGE== | ||
===Netspeak=== | ===Netspeak=== | ||
- | Netspeak refers to a new kind of language displaying singular features with a diverse array of characters as media. Netspeak has numerous varieties pertaining to particular digital media like a language of emails, texting, and chat groups <ref>Crystal, D. (2001). The language of the internet. Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref> | + | Netspeak refers to a new kind of language displaying singular features with a diverse array of characters as media. Netspeak has numerous varieties pertaining to particular digital media like a language of emails, texting, and chat groups. <ref>Crystal, D. (2001). The language of the internet. Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref> |
- | A key point to consider is how netspeak is not a replacement or remediation of old language but is indeed a new language. In addition to its independence, it is also flexible and evolving with visual representation. Providing the platform is easy to manage or learn, netspeak possesses a low transaction cost. | + | A key point to consider is how netspeak is not a replacement or remediation of old language but is indeed a new language. In addition to its independence, it is also flexible and evolving with visual representation. Providing the platform is easy to manage or learn, netspeak possesses a low transaction cost.<ref> Jones, R.H., & Hafner, C. (2012). Understanding digital literacies: A practical introduction. London: Routledge.</Ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Netspeak refers to a new kind of language displaying singular features with a diverse array of characters as media. Netspeak has numerous varieties pertaining to particular digital media like a language of emails, texting, and chat groups. [1]
A key point to consider is how netspeak is not a replacement or remediation of old language but is indeed a new language. In addition to its independence, it is also flexible and evolving with visual representation. Providing the platform is easy to manage or learn, netspeak possesses a low transaction cost.[2]