Speaking Tumblr : A Case Study of Textual Communication on Social Media

Speaking Tumblr : A Case Study of Textual Communication on Social Media

This essay describes a case study of textual communication on the online social mediaplatform Tumblr. The aim of the research was to analyse the communicative functions and thestylistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic characteristics of textual discourse on Tumblr. Usingdata gathered on Tumblr, this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elmgren, Tove
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle 2018
Subjects:
cyberpragmatics
social media
netspeak
computer-mediated communication
functions
textual communication
internet linguistics
Tumblr
phatic communication
covert prestige
General Language Studies and Linguistics
Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik
Specific Languages
Studier av enskilda språk
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