• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.18-28
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• 2014

Reddit is a large user generated content (USG) website in which users form common interest groups and submit links to external content or text posts of user-created content. The web site operates on a voting system whereby registered users can assign positive or negative ratings to both submitted content and comments made to submitted content. While Reddit is a pseudonymous site, with users creating usernames but providing no biographical data, an informal survey posted to a large shared interest community yielded 734 responses including age and gender of users. This provided a large amount of contextual biographical data with which to analyse user profiles at the first level of Computer Mediated Discourse Analysis (CMDA), articulated by Susan Herring. The results indicate that older Reddit users both formulate more complex writing and enjoy more success when rated by other users. Gender data was incomplete and as such only tentative results could be proposed in that regard.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.33-58
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• 2007

The present paper aims at comparing the two modes of CMC - synchronous and asynchronous - in terms of discourse markers used in turn-initial positions. It further attempts to examine the viability and limitations of these two modes of CMC in fostering EFL learners' face-to-face conversation skills. For these purposes, the present study analyzed 33 Korean EFL learners' Web chat and E-mail exchange data. Discourse markers in the participants' Web chat transcripts and those in their E-mail transcripts were identified and then compared in terms of their frequency and functions. The analysis revealed that the participants show difference in their preference for discourse markers depending on the modes of CMC. Also, the functions of discourse markers used for Web chat showed were strikingly different from those for e-mail. Especially, e-mail discourse markers revealed greater discrepancy from the markers in face-to-face conversation. The differences were found to be attributable to the time factor involved with the turn-taking systems of the two modes of CMC, especially the degree of instantaneousness in their turn-taking. Findings suggest that the turn taking skills and discourse marker use in CMC is not applicable to face-to-face conversation contexts. Pedagogical implications are discussed.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.87-105
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• 2006

Style is considered a pivotal construct in sociolinguistic variation studies. While previous studies have examined style in traditional forms of language such as speech, very little research has examined new and emerging styles such as computer-mediated discourse. Thus, the present study attempts to investigate style in the online communication mode of chat. In so doing, the study compares text-based online chat with speech and writing. Online chat has been previously described as a hybrid form of language that is close to speech. Here, the exact nature of online chat is elucidated by focusing on contraction use. Differential acquisition of stylistic variation is also examined according to English learning background. The empirical component consists of data from Korean speakers of English. Data is taken from a written summary, an oral interview, and a text-based online chat session. A multivariate analysis was conducted. Results indicate that online chat is indeed a hybrid form that is difficult to delineate from speech and writing. Text-based online chat shows a somewhat similar rate of contraction to speech, which confirms its hybridity.. Lastly, some implications of the study are given in terms of the learning and acquisition of style in general and in online contextual modes.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.237-245
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• 2021

본 연구는 한국아동패널 11차 년도에 조사가 완료된 자료를 활용하여 인지 및 언어발달 분야의 아동 화용언어 체크리스트 도구에 의해 조사된 담화관리, 상황에 따른 조절 및 적용 능력, 의사소통 의도, 비언어적 의사소통의 잠재변수에 대한 관측변수 요인 간의 관계를 분석하여 유의미한 영향력을 찾아내는 것이다. 본 연구의 대상은 한국아동패널 11차 년도(2018년) 자료 2150가구 중 조사 미 참여 722가구를 제외한 1428가구에서 언어발달 질문의 무응답자 36가구를 제외한 1392가구의 초등학교 4학년 학생들 이다. 연구 결과 연구모델의 효과분석에서 의사소통 의도를 제외한 3개의 잠재변수 간의 총 효과와 직접효과, 간접효과에서 모두 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 구체적으로 비언어적 의사소통이 담화 관리 능력에 직접적인 영향을 미칠 뿐만 아니라, 비언어적 의사소통과 담화 관리 능력 관계에서 상황에 따른 조절 및 적용 능력을 매개로 한 간접적인 영향이 유의미하게 나타났다. 결과적으로 비언어적 의사소통과 상황에 따른 조절 및 적응 능력이 높을수록 담화 관리 능력도 높아진다는 것을 알게 되었다.