The Impact Of Computer-mediated Communication Upon Written English: Acorpus-based Study Of Facebook Chat Among Algerian Efl Learners
Résumé: This thesis investigates the impact of the internet and new technologies on written English. It considersboth theoretical and empirical aspects of writing in Computer-mediated communication (CMC). Theoretically, it reviews research on the impact of different mediums on writing , introduces the new medium of CMC with particular focus on Facebook , then it reports the linguistic properties of computer-mediated writing found in previous research . Empirically, it analyzes Algerian EFL learners’ writings in a computermediated situation, namely Facebook chat. The assumption is that writing in Facebook chat, and by extension all modes of CMC, is different from the traditional norms of formal English . In testing this, the present research examined how orthography, grammar, and vocabulary were practiced by Algerian EFL learners in CMC, and compared them to both standard writing and speech . The results revealed that writing in CMC is a hybrid of formal standard writing and speech. However, the tendency was more toward informality and speech, especially in the typographical features that were used creatively to convey paralanguage.
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