Assignment title: Information


Explore the ways you adapt the language you use in a variety of digital communication. ( Multi Modal Language ) Analyse some short extracts from transcripts of people communicating using digital media. Explore the features that show these written communications are close to spoken language and the attitudes that different people have to the effects of these new hybrid languages. You need 3 features of the spoken language that are also contained in the written languages. You need to come up with your 3 Pieces of text to use is e.g; Formal Email, informal text message, and Facebook chat. You must analysis each in paragraphs. * Understand variations in spoken language, explaining why language changes in relation to contexts. * Evaluate the impact of spoken language choices in their own and another's use TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST GRADE: a .perceptive analysis and evaluation of aspects of how they and others use and adapt spoken language for specific purposes b. sustained and sophisticated interpretations of key features found in spoken language data c. sophisticated analysis and evaluation of key issues arising from public attitudes to spoken language varieties. Write a PEE paragraph on the paralinguistic features. P: What feature of sound representation has been used and what paralinguistic feature does it show? E: Quote E: What feelings and expressions does the sender intend to reveal by using the specific features? Lastly, discuss different attitudes to MML and text-speak. You may wish to to use John Humphrys and David Crystal's arguments to support your opinions. and Explore the public attitudes to multi modal language, relate these to the 3 different styles of digital e.g the formal email, informal text message and facebook chat you have used.