The genre tutorial and social networks terminology

This paper analyzes the terminology in the Internet social networks tutorials. A tutorial is a specialized text, full of terms, aiming to teach an individual or group of individuals who need some guidelines to operationalize a computerized tool, such as a social network. It is necessary to identify...

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Main Authors: Márcio Sales Santiago, Maria da Graça Krieger, Júlio Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-02-01
Series:Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/84561
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spelling doaj-0ae4170a2ba149d7ac892df81eeab6d82020-11-25T00:40:37ZengUniversidade de São PauloFilologia e Linguística Portuguesa1517-45302176-94192014-02-01162381402http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-9419.v16i2p381-40287454The genre tutorial and social networks terminologyMárcio Sales Santiago0Maria da Graça Krieger 1Júlio Araújo2Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil This paper analyzes the terminology in the Internet social networks tutorials. A tutorial is a specialized text, full of terms, aiming to teach an individual or group of individuals who need some guidelines to operationalize a computerized tool, such as a social network. It is necessary to identify linguistic and terminological characteristics from the specialized lexical units in this digital genre. Social networks terminology is described and exemplified here. The results show that it is possible to refer to two specific terminologies in tutorials which help to determine the terminological profile of the thematic area, specifically from the point of view of denomination.http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/84561TerminologySocial networkDigital genresTutorial
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author Márcio Sales Santiago
Maria da Graça Krieger
Júlio Araújo
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Maria da Graça Krieger
Júlio Araújo
The genre tutorial and social networks terminology
Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa
Terminology
Social network
Digital genres
Tutorial
author_facet Márcio Sales Santiago
Maria da Graça Krieger
Júlio Araújo
author_sort Márcio Sales Santiago
title The genre tutorial and social networks terminology
title_short The genre tutorial and social networks terminology
title_full The genre tutorial and social networks terminology
title_fullStr The genre tutorial and social networks terminology
title_full_unstemmed The genre tutorial and social networks terminology
title_sort genre tutorial and social networks terminology
publisher Universidade de São Paulo
series Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa
issn 1517-4530
2176-9419
publishDate 2014-02-01
description This paper analyzes the terminology in the Internet social networks tutorials. A tutorial is a specialized text, full of terms, aiming to teach an individual or group of individuals who need some guidelines to operationalize a computerized tool, such as a social network. It is necessary to identify linguistic and terminological characteristics from the specialized lexical units in this digital genre. Social networks terminology is described and exemplified here. The results show that it is possible to refer to two specific terminologies in tutorials which help to determine the terminological profile of the thematic area, specifically from the point of view of denomination.
topic Terminology
Social network
Digital genres
Tutorial
url http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/84561
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