Digitale Linguistik: How device affordances influence linguistic variation

Yudytska, Jenia

The book explores written language across communication device types. Challenging the current norm of a "device-neutral" approach, it argues that the physical device (smartphone, computer) plays a complex role in language use, similar to other contextual factors. A three-part computational sociolinguistic study is used to investigate the variation of nineteen microlinguistic features (message length, capitalisation, acronyms, emoji, etc.) across device types, using two corpora of Twitter/X and Discord messages. The work develops an innovative approach for investigating the influence of technology on written language, highlighting the value of affordances over technological determinism.

Details

Published by: J.B. Metzler

Publication Date: 2025-07-29

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783662716168

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-71617-5

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 302