*-repair in Online Discourse

Collister, LB (2011) *-repair in Online Discourse. Journal of Pragmatics, 43 (3). 918 - 921. ISSN 0378-2166

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Abstract

In this article, I present evidence of a repair morpheme in the variety of Online Written English (OWE) used by a community of World of Warcraft players. This morpheme, represented by the asterisk (*), has no counterpart in spoken English but yet follows discernible rules for use and deployment within the community. While *-repair follows many principles of repair used in spoken English, it has developed natively in an online environment using an extra-alphabetical character which is unique to the online community. The existence of *-repair is one example of how OWE has differentiated itself from spoken varieties of English, and creates questions about the influence of the internet on language forms. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Collister, LB collister@pitt.edu LBC8 0000-0001-5767-8486
Date:	1 February 2011
Date Type:	Publication
Access Restriction:	No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Pragmatics
Volume:	43
Number:	3
Page Range:	918 - 921
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1016/j.pragma.2010.09.025
Institution:	University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs:	Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Linguistics
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0378-2166
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2014 19:51
Last Modified:	05 Sep 2024 15:55
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20621

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