scholarly journals The Speech Act of Request in Computer-Mediated Communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Maria Miwita Rosari
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Law School ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Politeness Strategies

Through conversation ones establish relationship with others and keep channels open for further relationships. Politeness strategies and issues have been the focus of a number of studies. The way ones request for something to others depends on some factors such as the context they are in and the interlocutors they talk to. This article aims at developing the latest discussion on politeness phenomena by paying attention to the specifics of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) settings specifically an online discussion forum. This article attempts to identify how speech act of request is performed in Top Law School (TLS) online discussion forum. The data were analyzed to observe the forms of speech act of request and the types of speech act of request performed in the online discussion forum. The findings of this paper revealed that the forms of speech act of request are expressed by declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentence. Moreover, the types of speech act of request employed by the users are directive, indirective, and literal speech acts. The writer believes that the study will be beneficial and a good reference for future researchers in conducting research on pragmatics under the same topic. Hopefully, it will enrich readers’ knowledge and understanding of the speech act of request and the politeness in CMC.

Negotiating meanings online: Disagreements about word meaning in discussion forum communication

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-339
Author(s):  
Jenny Myrendal
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Word Choice ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Word Meanings ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Meaning Negotiation ◽  
Semantic Properties

This article describes word meaning negotiation (WMN) in online discussion forum communication, a form of computer-mediated communication (CMC). WMN occurs when participants who are engaged in a discussion about a particular topic remark on a word choice of another participant, thus initiating a meta-linguistic sequence in which a particular word is openly questioned and the meaning of that word is up for negotiation. By closely studying the process of WMN and focusing on the practices of the participants engaged in it, this article empirically explores how situated meaning in concrete utterances is established by participants who are in disagreement about word meaning. Routine ways of entering into a WMN sequence are identified, as well as typical ways of contributing to the negotiation once the discussion has shifted focus from being on topic to being on word meaning. The article highlights the context-sensitivity of word meanings and illustrates how participants engaged in WMN orient toward both semantic properties of the words themselves as well as to relevant aspects of the conversational context.

scholarly journals Politeness in Making Requests and Responses in Computer-mediated Communication among Chinese College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Zhongrui Wang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
Discursive Approach

This study aims to explore the politeness strategies used in making requests and responses in computer-mediated communication (CMC) among Chinese college students and the applicability of discursive approach to such analysis. Following the steps of previous studies using discursive approach, some extracts of chat history on WeChat concerning requests and responses are selected and showed to the interlocutors. Then the interlocutors were asked to judge the conversations from the perspective of politeness. By analyzing the data, this study found that various strategies were used in order to achieve politeness in CMC, which can be associated with Brown and Levinson’s theory of politeness. This study also found that discursive approach can be applied in analyzing politeness in CMC well though it differs from face-to-face communication in some ways.

scholarly journals Nya nummer i institutionens skriftserier

HumaNetten ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Börje Björkman
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Politeness Strategies

Scripta Minora och Rapporter: senaste publikationsnyttScripta Minora. Nr 42 1999. Margareta Karlsson: Tro, hopp och kärlek hos Sven Delblanc. Speglat i romanerna Kastrater, Speranza och Jerusalems natt.Rapporter från Växjö universitet, Humaniora. Nr 1 1999. Peter Aronsson, Solveig Fagerlund, Jan Samuelson: Nätverk i historisk forskning - metafor, metod eller teori?.Rapporter från Växjö universitet, Humaniora. Nr 2 1999. Sven Radowitz: Die Auswirkungen der europäischen Revolution von 1848 auf das Königreich Schweden.Rapporter från Växjö universitet, Humaniora. Nr 3 1999. Universitet 2000. Föreläsningar hållna under humanistdagarna 15-16 oktober 1999.Rapporter från Växjö universitet, Humaniora. Nr 4 1999. Ibolya Maricic: Politeness strategies in computer mediated communication. A study of queries posted on the Linguist List.Rapporter från Växjö universitet, Humaniora. Nr 5 1999. Peter Danielsson, Håkan Nordmark, Jan Samuelson (red.): Att komma till tals. - Nedslag i den nordiska historiens vardagslunk och konflikter. 

The Effect of CMC and FTF on Negotiation Outcomes between R&D and Manufacturing Partners in the Supply Chain: An Anglo/Nordic/Latin Comparison

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Lincke ◽  
Jan Ulijn
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Strategy Training ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Negotiation Strategy ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Negotiation Strategies ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Latin Culture

AbstractThe growing significance of global electronic commerce has led to the increased use of computer support during negotiation of deals, which until now has been carried out almost exclusively via face-to-face (FTF) communication or other high-feedback media (e. g., telephone), but not via computer-mediated communication (CMC). To analyze this process and its outcomes, the following research questions were examined in this study: How do CMC and FTF contribute to a win-win strategy in negotiation? How do CMC and FTF affect the participants' ability to empathize with each other? Are the negotiation strategies of Anglo, Nordic, and Latin negotiators affected differently depending on the medium? Is the ability of Anglo, Nordic, and Latin negotiators to empathize with each other affected differently depending on the medium? On the basis of our results, we surmise that CMC does not allow negotiators to employ a cooperative win-win strategy (as recommended by negotiation-strategy training). We see significant differences when we examine the use of personal pronouns and speech acts by the Anglo, Nordic, and Latin culture clusters. When we look at the use of cooperative speech acts, a similar situation occurs: in contrast to Anglos, who behave in a cooperative way, Latins are significantly less cooperative and Nordics use many more general speech acts in the CMC setting.

scholarly journals The Use of Politeness Strategies in Whatsapp Discussions about Sensitive Topics

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junita Junita
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Politeness Strategies

The studies about language use in the past several years showed the existence of gender inequalities. According to Lakoff (1975), women are pressured to show the feminine qualities of weakness and frequently subordinate status toward men in a male-dominated society. However, nowadays, women's position in society is equal to men's position. The evidence that women are now equal to men invites the writer to study men's and women's language features and the politeness strategies used by men and women, especially in CMC (Computer-Mediated Communication). This study was a Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) study used to describe the meaning of qualitative data systematically. The result did not align with the previous studies: it showed that women were also aggressive when giving an argument, and politeness strategies were not the most used in the forum discussion; it was bald of record instead. In sum, Herring's (1993) features of women's and men's language were not valid in this study, and some of them need to be revised. Further studies about politeness strategies in CMC should be explored more.

(Im) Politeness and Gender in the Arabic Discourse of Social Media Network Websites: Facebook as a Norm

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Safaa Al-Shlool
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Social Media Network

<p class="1"><span lang="X-NONE">The present study aims to investigate the differences and similarities in the ways men and women use (im)politeness strategies in communicating “online” in the Arabic discourse of social media network websites like Facebook as well as the role of the topic the interlocutors talk about in the use of (im)politeness strategies. In addition, the study investigates the differences between the men-men, women-women, women-men communication in the Arabic discourse of social media network website, Facebook. For the purposes of this study, a corpus of online Arabic texts were collected from some public web pages of the most popular TV show programs on some of the most well-liked social media network websites such as Facebook over a period of four months (from September 2012- December 2012). The obtained data were studied quantitatively and qualitatively. Many studies have been conducted on cross-gender differences especially in the computer mediated communication CMC, but none so far has focused on the gender differences and (im)politeness in the Arabic discourse of social media network websites although there is a huge number of Arabic users of such websites. The present study, therefore, attempts to fill in the gap in the literature. </span></p>

Incentive Styles, Asynchronous Online Discussion, and Vocational Training

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-377
Author(s):  
Shinyi Lin ◽  
Chou-Kang Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Group Collaboration ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Asynchronous Online Discussion

Vocational education and training (VET) is intended to prepare adult learners for careers that are based on practical activities. With the underlying constructivist andragogy, this study intended to examine the effects of computer-mediated group collaboration in vocational education, and how that affects the associated learning outcomes. For collaborative learning, use of asynchronous computer-mediated communication as one of the major media prevails not only in web-based formats but in face-to-face. Specifically, our intent was to explore effectiveness of asynchronous online discussion (AOD) and the learning outcome accordingly. The results provided evidence that the participants in the AOD performed substantially better than those with no use of AOD in the bi-weekly quizzes as well as the learning outcomes. As incentive styles come into play, we found that the introverts performed as well as the extroverts disregarding the AOD participation. The results concluded that use of group collaboration as andragogical strategy (use of AOD) inferred better learning outcomes in the context of VET.

Issues Surrounding Use of Online Discussion Groups on Traditional Undergraduate Psychology Modules

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Guiller ◽  
Alan Durndell ◽  
Anne Ross ◽  
Karen Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
Large Groups

This paper discusses issues relating to the use of online discussion groups on psychology modules, drawing on the results from three studies investigating Level 1 students' use of asynchronous computer mediated communication (CMC). The first study examined the language use of large groups of students using CMC to discuss essay topics. The second study compared the online and face-to-face discourse of small groups of students evaluating a journal article, in terms of critical thinking. The third study investigated the use of CMC to support small groups of students engaged in problem based learning (PBL). The paper concludes with some recommendations for practitioners.

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