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What is the key characteristic of Netspeak as a form of communication?
What is the key characteristic of Netspeak as a form of communication?
- It is only used in virtual world situations
- It relies on characteristics of both speech and writing (correct)
- It is exclusively based on written language
- It has no stylistic changes when adapted to the electronic medium
Which of the following can be found on the Web according to the text?
Which of the following can be found on the Web according to the text?
- Only literary and religious texts
- Legal, religious, and journalistic texts
- Only literary and scientific texts
- Legal, religious, literary, scientific, and journalistic texts (correct)
What is needed to identify the stylistic distinctiveness of Web pages?
What is needed to identify the stylistic distinctiveness of Web pages?
- Focusing on the content only
- Dealing with visual and graphic matters (correct)
- Ignoring visual and graphic elements
- Analyzing only the text
Where do we find a use of language displaying the general properties of writing, according to the text?
Where do we find a use of language displaying the general properties of writing, according to the text?
What distinguishes the situations of e-mail, chatgroups, and virtual world from the Web, as per the text?
What distinguishes the situations of e-mail, chatgroups, and virtual world from the Web, as per the text?
What are the formal properties of the Netspeak medium that make it difficult for people to 'write as they talk'?
What are the formal properties of the Netspeak medium that make it difficult for people to 'write as they talk'?
What do phonological terms like 'intonation' and 'stress' capture in the context of Netspeak?
What do phonological terms like 'intonation' and 'stress' capture in the context of Netspeak?
In Netspeak, what are the somewhat desperate efforts to replace the domain of prosody and paralanguage?
In Netspeak, what are the somewhat desperate efforts to replace the domain of prosody and paralanguage?
What is the primary challenge in trying to 'write as they talk' in Netspeak?
What is the primary challenge in trying to 'write as they talk' in Netspeak?
What distinguishes the formal properties of Netspeak from traditional writing?
What distinguishes the formal properties of Netspeak from traditional writing?
What are the formal properties of Netspeak that make it difficult for people to 'write as they talk'?
What are the formal properties of Netspeak that make it difficult for people to 'write as they talk'?
What vocal variations are included in the domain of prosody and paralanguage?
What vocal variations are included in the domain of prosody and paralanguage?
What are the desperate efforts made in Netspeak to replace the domain of prosody and paralanguage?
What are the desperate efforts made in Netspeak to replace the domain of prosody and paralanguage?
In virtual worlds, how do people express the emotions they feel textually?
In virtual worlds, how do people express the emotions they feel textually?
What makes it extremely difficult for people to 'write as they talk' in Netspeak?
What makes it extremely difficult for people to 'write as they talk' in Netspeak?
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