tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "PARALANGUAGE IN COMPUTER MEDIATED"

This paper reports on some of the components of person to person communication mediated by computer conferencing systems. Transcripts from two systems were analysed: the Electronic Information and Exchange System (EIES), based at the New Jersey Institute of Technology; and Planet, based at Infomedia Inc. in Palo Alto, California. The research focused upon the ways in which expressive communication is encoded by users of the medluml. | PARALANGUAGE IN COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION John Carey Alternate Media Center New York University This paper reports on some of the components of person to person communication mediated by computer conferencing systems. Transcripts from two systems were analysed the Electronic Information and Exchange System EIES based at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Planet based at Infomedia Inc. in Palo Alto California. The research focused upon the ways ỉn which expressive communication is encoded by users of the medium . 1. INTRODUCTION The term paralanguage is used broadly in this report. It includes those vocal features outlined by Trager 1964 as well as the prosodic system of Crystal 1969 . Both are concerned with the investigation of linguistic phenomena which generally fall outside the boundaries of phonology morphology and lexical analysis. These phenomena are the voice qualities and tones which communicate expressive feelings Indicate the age health and sex of a speaker modify the meanings of words and help to regulate Interaction between speakers . Paralanguage becomes an Issue In print communication when Individuals attempt to transcribe and analyse an oral presentation or write a script which Is to be delivered orally. In addition parallngulstlc analysis can be directed towards forms of print which mimic or contain elements of oral communication. These include comic strips novels graffitti and computer conferencing see Crystal and Davy 1969 . The research reported here is not concerned with a direct comparison between face-to face and computer mediated communication. Such a comparison Is useful . It can help us to understand how one form borrows elements from the other see section 5 or aid In the selection of the medium which Is more appropriate for a given task. However the Intent here Is simpler to Isolate some of the paralingulstlc features which are present In computer mediated communication and to begin Co map the patterning of those .