scholarly journals ¿Qué twiteastes tú? Variation in second person singular preterit –s in Spanish tweets

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chelsea Escalante
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Factor Group ◽  
Second Person ◽  
Singular Form ◽  
The Social ◽  
La Red ◽  
Methodological Aspects

Spanish dialects throughout Spain and the Americas have shown variation in the second person singular form of the preterit tense; in certain cases, a non-standard –s is found at the end of the verb conjugation (fuistes, comistes, dijistes, etc). This has been mentioned descriptively by several researchers as a cross-dialectal as well as historical feature of many dialects, yet little empirical data is available on this topic related to what factors constrain the variable. In fact, only one study has looked at this phenomenon from a variationist perspective (see Barnes, 2012). This study borrows certain methodological aspects of Barnes’ (2012) analysis of oral data but applies them to the analysis of the variable as it exists in the written sphere. Data is collected through the social media mogul Twitter and tabulated with the multiple regression logistic software, GoldVarb X (Sankoff, Tagliamonte, & Smith, 2005). The data suggests that verb frequency is the only factor group that significantly conditions one variant over another, with high frequency verbs highly conditioning the standard and low frequency verbs highly conditioning the non-standard. Varios dialectos españoles que se encuentran en España y en la Américas tienen una tendencia de demostrar variación en la forma de segunda persona singular del pretérito; en ciertos casos, se encuentra una –s no-estándar al final de la conjugación del verbo (fuistes, comistes, dijistes, etc). Este fenómeno ha sido mencionado descriptivamente por varios investigadores como un rasgo inter-dialectal y también histórico, sin embargo, no hay muchos datos empíricos disponibles acerca de qué factores lingüísticos restringen la variable. De hecho, solamente un estudio ha explorado el fenómeno desde la perspectiva variacionista (véase Barnes, 2012). Este estudio toma prestado algunos aspectos metodológicos del análisis de data oral de Barnes (2012) pero los aplica al análisis de la variable dentro del ámbito escrito. Los datos se recogen a través la red social enorme Twitter y se tabulan con el programa estadístico GoldVarb X (Sankoff, Tagliamonte, & Smith, 2005). Se encuentra que la frecuencia del verbo es el único factor que significativamente restringe la variable; los verbos de alta frecuencia condicionan el uso de la forma estándar mientras que los de baja frecuencia favorecen la no-estándar.

Usability in Local E-Government

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mete Yildiz ◽  
Nihan Ocak ◽  
Caglar Yildirim ◽  
Kursat Cagiltay ◽  
Cenay Babaoglu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Media Presence

Social media use is on the rise throughout the world. Influenced by this trend, governments of all levels and sizes are establishing their social media (like Facebook) presence due to the communication and interaction capabilities that such a presence brings. This study examines and explains the social media presence of Turkish local governments from a usability perspective. Usability studies provide governments with important empirical data about the citizens'/users' view/perception of the efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction of web-based content. Consequently, there is a need for usability testing of government social media services.The analysis of local government social media sites through scientific usability methods, such as expert review, guidelines and eye-tracking, reveals the strengths and weaknesses of government social media services in terms of usability. The study concludes with specific recommendations for improvement of government social media presence, which are applicable, to a great extent, to governments of all levels and sizes in Turkey and elsewhere.

scholarly journals Pragmatics of Crisis-Motivated Humour in Computer Mediated Platforms in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodele James Akinola
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Ethnography Of Communication ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Second Person ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Level ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Humour, an established means of releasing stress and tension has attracted scholarly attention over the years. In the Nigerian discourse context, studies on Crisis-Motivated Humour (CMH) via CMC platforms are scanty. This paper investigates humour shared through the social media which reflects the socioeconomic/political challenges in Nigeria in order to identify CMH as a form of humour through which real-life experiences of other people can be understood. Ethnography of Communication and Pragmatic act theory serve as the theoretical framework. Ten anonymous humorous compositions were randomly selected from WhatsApp and Facebook. CMH is a creative composition of jokes which reflects the Nigerians’ experiences, perceptions, imaginations and assumptions. They are purposefully composed by Nigerians, in order to downplay the effects of the crisis and bring temporary reliefs to the audience. These jokes elicit amusement, high-level wits and satirise the crisis situation(s). CMH are composed mainly in English with a blend of pidgin and a reflection of some Nigerianism. They are replete with verifiable, but exaggerated facts deployed through varying practs. Use of the first person singular pronoun ‘I’ and second person singular/plural ‘you’ with the use of simple present tense of verb among other grammatical elements, are a norm. All these make some of the jokes believable and also establish CMH as a unique genre of humour with an unlimited audience. CMH are often preserve-able and re-usable and thus serve as a relevant medium through which political leaders can assess the plights of the populace and access first-hand information on the ‘real’ impacts of the crisis.

More Than Virality: Online Sharing of Controversial News With Activated Audience

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun-mee Kim ◽  
Jennifer Ihm
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Communication Partners ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
Interpersonal Motives ◽  
News Online

In contrast to earlier studies that focus on virality, we examine how individuals share controversial news online by accounting for audience features. The results from surveys of 400 individuals suggest that they are more likely to share highly controversial news (a) on open, asymmetrical social media or (b) with communication partners with a low frequency rather than a high frequency, but are more likely to share moderately controversial news (c) on closed, symmetrical social media. This study implies that interpersonal motives determine the online path of controversial news and that media environments play unique roles in moderating and spreading controversies in society.

scholarly journals Evolutionary Mechanism of Frangibility in Social Consensus System Based on Negative Emotions Spread

Complexity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao-feng Zhang ◽  
Hong-ye Duan ◽  
Zhi-lin Geng
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Group Polarization ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Evolutionary Mechanism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Better Than

To study the social consensus system under the spread of negative emotions, the nonlinear emergence model of frangibility of social consensus system is established based on Multiagent method, and effects of emotions spread frequency, opinion leaders, and shielding behavior of government on the frangibility of social consensus system are revealed. The simulation results show that the low-frequency negative emotions spread is better than the high-frequency one for reducing the frangibility of social consensus system. Low-frequency negative emotions spread will lead to the group polarization, while high frequency will lead to the collapse of system. The joining of opinion leaders who are with negative emotions can promote the frangibility of social consensus system, and collapse speed of social consensus system tends to increase with the influence of opinion leaders. Shielding behavior of government cannot effectively block the spread of negative emotions. On the contrary, it will enhance the frangibility of social consensus system.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Cultural Ecosystem Services in Urban Parks Based on Social Network Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peichao Dai ◽  
Shaoliang Zhang ◽  
Zanxu Chen ◽  
Yunlong Gong ◽  
Huping Hou
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Social Investigation ◽  
Cultural Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Service ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Service

The value of a cultural ecosystem service depends on the perception of different cultural service categories. However, the data sources used in research on the perception of cultural service have limitations that mainly depend on social investigation, leading to slow progress in cultural service evaluation. With the advent of the era of network big data, social media provides a new data source for the study of cultural ecosystem service perception, so that the study of these services is expected to make new breakthroughs. Using search crawler software, this paper reviewed 7257 online comments related to 19 city parks in Xuzhou City, China. With the help of Rost Content mining semantic analysis software, the comment sentences were divided into keywords, and the Delphi expert method was used to classify these keywords. Thus, a cultural service perception database was established. Through statistical analysis, with the help of ArcGIS software, various cultural services were analyzed. The results showed that (1) the cultural services of urban parks could be divided into seven types (i.e., aesthetics, recreation, sports, inspiration, education, cultural heritage, and spiritual satisfaction) using social network comment data. (2) High-frequency keywords of online comment data can serve as the core basis during an analysis of the perception of cultural services by visitors of city parks. However, a large gap exists in the number of high frequency keywords in different parks. For example, Yunlong Lake Park has 2887 keywords, while Kuaizai Ting Park has only 33. (3) Differences exist in the perception of cultural service in urban parks, the park’s scale, and characteristics determine the visitor’s cultural service perception level. The aesthetic and recreation types were the most easily perceived, and 68% and 63% parks have the above two perceptual records, respectively. Therefore, the social media comment data has the ability to document perception of each park’s cultural service type and its differences, which can serve as the cultural ecosystem service perception as well as the valuation data source, to supplement the social investigation.

Infrared study of goethites of varying crystallinity and particle size: I. Interpretation of OH and lattice vibration frequencies

Clay Minerals ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Cambier
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Lattice Vibration ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Factor Group ◽  
Active Components ◽  
Infrared Study ◽  
Site Group ◽  
Stretching Vibrations ◽  
Bending Modes

AbstractA detailed study of the IR spectrum of goethite is given with the aim of relating variations to crystalline order and particle size. The OH stretching vibrations are split into two active components at high frequency, plus two inactive ones at low frequency. Two different bending modes exist from site group splitting. Their active modes from factor group splitting are at lower frequencies than the uncoupled ones. The lattice bands at 630 and 400 cm−1 correspond to Fe-O or Fe-OH stretching, approximately parallel to a and c, and thus respectively sensitive and not sensitive to the particle shape, as long as it remains elongated along c.

Exposure and Gender Effects in the Social Perception of Women Bodybuilders

1984 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loren Franck
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Gender Effects ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
And Gender

A 3 x 4 factorial design was used to test the affects of gender, frequency of exposure, and magnitude of exposure on subjects' ratings of women bodybuilders. Dependent variables were subjects' ratings of the bodybuilders' femininity, physical attractiveness, dominance, and aggressiveness. Subjects were 76 introductory psychology students (45 female, 31 male) at a large Utah university who completed a 10-item rating scale after viewing 20 color slides of some of the world's leading women bodybuilders. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that males rated the women bodybuilders as more attractive than did females (p < .05) and that the longer they had been exposed to women bodybuilders, the higher were their attractiveness ratings for women bodybuilders (p < .05). Gender-frequency of exposure interaction effects were also statistically significant (p < .05). Males with low frequency of exposure rated the women bodybuilders as less dominant than did low-frequency females. However, high frequency-of-exposure males rated the women bodybuilders as more dominant than did high-frequency females. The study concludes with a discussion of the mere exposure hypothesis and status quo effects in an attempt to explain the results.

¡Casi te caístes!: Variation in second person singular preterit forms in Spanish Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Elisabeth BAKER
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Spontaneous Speech ◽  
Lexical Frequency ◽  
Second Person ◽  
Contact Areas

Abstract The current study investigates Spanish children's variation between the standard and non-standard forms for second person singular preterit –s (caiste ~ caístes). All second person singular preterit forms were extracted from the spontaneous speech of 78 children in Spain and analyzed for the effects of age, language contact setting, and lexical frequency. Results show that children in contact with Galician and Catalan produce more non-standard than children in non-contact areas like Madrid. Meanwhile, low-frequency verbs (e.g., pillaste) are more likely to occur with the non-standard –s than high-frequency verbs (e.g., fuiste). However, age is not a significant predictor of children's 2sg preterit production. These preliminary findings demonstrate that Spanish children do have the non-standard -s in their speech, and that their 2sg preterit forms are significantly conditioned by language contact and lexical frequency.

scholarly journals ANALISIS SEMIOTIKA SIMBOL HEWAN DALAM PERCAKAPAN POLITIK DI TWITER

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-62
Author(s):  
Aloysius Rangga Aditya Nalendra ◽  
Sultan Himawan ◽  
Jeffry Latumahina ◽  
Bryan Kalbu Adhi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Experimental System ◽  
Thick Description ◽  
The Social ◽  
Semiotic Theory ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Abstract: This research is in the form of descriptive qualitative. This study tries to analyze the language phenoma by using Pierce's semiotic theory. Researchers used many data taken from Twitter social media as data taken from January 2018 to November 2019. Empirical data found on Twitter was processed and analyzed using the thick description method. The study conducted observations on social media and conducted data collection with an experimental system for this neutrality study. The results of this study are the discovery of the fact of the use of animal symbols, namely tadpoles, bat and desert lizards in the interaction of the social media world by netizens. Researchers found the meanings and symbols of the use of these animals only as a mocking tool but also became a symbol of guidance to criticize the animal symbol as not only a stigma but also a means of controlling social criticism.Abstrak: Penelitian ini berbentuk deskriptif kualitatif  yang bertujuan untuk menganalisa fenoma bahasa dengan teori semiotic Pierce. Peneliti meggunakan beberapa data yang diambil dari media sosial twitter sebagai data empiris yang diambil dalam  kurun waktu Januari 2018 hingga November 2019. Data empiris yang ditemukan dalam twitter tersebut diolah dan dianalisa dengan metode  thick description. peneliti melakukan observasi di dalam media sosial dan melakukan pengambilan data dengan sistem acak guna menjaga netralitas penelitian ini. Hasil penelitian ini adalah penemuan fakta empiris penggunaan simbol hewan yakni cebong, kampret dan kadal gurun dalam interkasi dunia sosial media yang dilakukan oleh netizen. Peneliti menemukan kesamaan makna dan tujuan penggunaan symbol ketiga hewan tersebut yakni bukan hanya  sebagai alat mengejek tetapi juga menjadi symbol petunjuk untuk mengkritik sehingga symbol hewan tersebut bukan saja menjadi stigma namun juga menjadi alat kontrol kritik sosial.   

Usability in Local E-Government

2020 ◽  
pp. 966-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mete Yildiz ◽  
Nihan Ocak ◽  
Caglar Yildirim ◽  
Kursat Cagiltay ◽  
Cenay Babaoglu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Media Presence

Social media use is on the rise throughout the world. Influenced by this trend, governments of all levels and sizes are establishing their social media (like Facebook) presence due to the communication and interaction capabilities that such a presence brings. This study examines and explains the social media presence of Turkish local governments from a usability perspective. Usability studies provide governments with important empirical data about the citizens'/users' view/perception of the efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction of web-based content. Consequently, there is a need for usability testing of government social media services. The analysis of local government social media sites through scientific usability methods, such as expert review, guidelines and eye-tracking, reveals the strengths and weaknesses of government social media services in terms of usability. The study concludes with specific recommendations for improvement of government social media presence, which are applicable, to a great extent, to governments of all levels and sizes in Turkey and elsewhere.

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