Language And Communication In The Digital Age

Author : Marinela Burada,Oana Tatu,Raluca Sinu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1527532569

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Language and Communication in the Digital Age by Marinela Burada,Oana Tatu,Raluca Sinu Pdf

The digital age has exercised considerable influence not only on language use but also on research and teaching in this field. The present volume showcases some aspects of language-related investigation that reflect the interests, experiences, and challenges of theorists, practitioners, and language instructors today. Drawing on the linguistic corpus, parallel texts in different languages and a variety of approaches and methodologies, the book features three main lines of inquiry: L1 syntactic structure, L1-L2 contact and transfer, and L2 pedagogy. The use of case-studies and authentic data makes Language and Communication in the Digital Age a valuable source of insights into some linguistic peculiarities of Romanian and English, and highlights new research avenues for specialists in language and communication.

Author : Don Osborn,Donald Zhang Osborn
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780796922496

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African Languages in a Digital Age by Don Osborn,Donald Zhang Osborn Pdf

With increasing numbers of computers and diffusion of the internet around the world, localisation of the technology, and the content it carries, into the many languages people speak is becoming an ever more important area for discussion and action. Localisation, simply put, includes translation and cultural adaptation of user interfaces and software applications, as well as the creation and translation of internet content in diverse languages. It is essential in making information and communication technology more accessible to the populations of the poorer countries, increasing its relevance to their lives, needs, and aspirations, and ultimately in bridging the 'digital divide'.

Author : James Paul Gee,Elisabeth R. Hayes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136825668

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Language and Learning in the Digital Age by James Paul Gee,Elisabeth R. Hayes Pdf

In Language and Learning in the Digital Age, linguist James Paul Gee and educator Elisabeth Hayes deal with the forces unleashed by today’s digital media, forces that are transforming language and learning for good and ill. They argue that the role of oral language is almost always entirely misunderstood in debates about digital media. Like the earlier inventions of writing and print, digital media actually power up or enhance the powers of oral language. Gee and Hayes deal, as well, with current digital transformations of language and literacy in the context of a growing crisis in traditional schooling in developed countries. With the advent of new forms of digital media, children are increasingly drawn towards video games, social media, and alternative ways of learning. Gee and Hayes explore the way in which these alternative methods of learning can be a force for a paradigm change in schooling. This is an engaging, accessible read both for undergraduate and graduate students and for scholars in language, linguistics, education, media and communication studies.

Author : Roger Desmond,Bridgepoint Education Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1524930954

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Communication in the Digital Age by Roger Desmond,Bridgepoint Education Inc Pdf

Author : Georg Rehm,Hans Uszkoreit
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642306846

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The English Language in the Digital Age by Georg Rehm,Hans Uszkoreit Pdf

This white paper is part of a series that promotes knowledge about language technology and its potential. It addresses educators, journalists, politicians, language communities and others. The availability and use of language technology in Europe varies between languages. Consequently, the actions that are required to further support research and development of language technologies also differ for each language. The required actions depend on many factors, such as the complexity of a given language and the size of its community. META-NET, a Network of Excellence funded by the European Commission, has conducted an analysis of current language resources and technologies. This analysis focused on the 23 official European languages as well as other important national and regional languages in Europe. The results of this analysis suggest that there are many significant research gaps for each language. A more detailed expert analysis and assessment of the current situation will help maximise the impact of additional research and minimize any risks. META-NET consists of 54 research centres from 33 countries that are working with stakeholders from commercial businesses, government agencies, industry, research organisations, software companies, technology providers and European universities. Together, they are creating a common technology vision while developing a strategic research agenda that shows how language technology applications can address any research gaps by 2020.

Author : Anthony McEnery,Paul Baker
Publisher : Springer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137431738

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Corpora and Discourse Studies by Anthony McEnery,Paul Baker Pdf

This edited collection brings together contemporary research that uses corpus linguistics to carry out discourse analysis. The book takes an inclusive view of the meaning of discourse, covering different text-types or modes of language, including discourse as both social practice and as ideology or representation.

Author : Mila Vulchanova,Giosuè Baggio,Angelo Cangelosi,Linda Smith
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9782889453139

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Language Development in the Digital Age by Mila Vulchanova,Giosuè Baggio,Angelo Cangelosi,Linda Smith Pdf

The digital age is changing our children’s lives and childhood dramatically. New technologies transform the way people interact with each other, the way stories are shared and distributed, and the way reality is presented and perceived. Parents experience that toddlers can handle tablets and apps with a level of sophistication the children’s grandparents can only envy. The question of how the ecology of the child affects the acquisition of competencies and skills has been approached from different angles in different disciplines. In linguistics, psychology and neuroscience, the central question addressed concerns the specific role of exposure to language. Two influential types of theory have been proposed. On one view the capacity to learn language is hard-wired in the human brain: linguistic input is merely a trigger for language to develop. On an alternative view, language acquisition depends on the linguistic environment of the child, and specifically on language input provided through child-adult communication and interaction. The latter view further specifies that factors in situated interaction are crucial for language learning to take place. In the fields of information technology, artificial intelligence and robotics a current theme is to create robots that develop, as children do, and to establish how embodiment and interaction support language learning in these machines. In the field of human-machine interaction, research is investigating whether using a physical robot, rather than a virtual agent or a computer-based video, has a positive effect on language development. The Research Topic will address the following issues: - What are the methodological challenges faced by research on language acquisition in the digital age? - How should traditional theories and models of language acquisition be revised to account for the multimodal and multichannel nature of language learning in the digital age? - How should existing and future technologies be developed and transformed so as to be most beneficial for child language learning and cognition? - Can new technologies be tailored to support child growth, and most importantly, can they be designed in order to enhance specifically vulnerable children’s language learning environment and opportunities? - What kind of learning mechanisms are involved? - How can artificial intelligence and robotics technologies, as robot tutors, support language development? These questions and issues can only be addressed by means of an interdisciplinary approach that aims at developing new methods of data collection and analysis in cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives. We welcome contributions addressing these questions from an interdisciplinary perspective both theoretically and empirically.

Author : Ahmet Atay,Margaret U. D'Silva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Intercultural communication
ISBN : 0367660830

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Mediated Intercultural Communication in a Digital Age by Ahmet Atay,Margaret U. D'Silva Pdf

This book focuses on mediated intercultural communication in the context of globalization. Analyzing social and traditional media using qualitative, interpretive, and critical and cultural perspectives, contributors engage with diverse topics - ranging from hybrid identities in different communities, to journalistic collaborations in the global media landscape. In addition, the authors also examine the placeless and borderless communities of diaspora members, their transnational identities, and the social media stories that shape and are shaped by them.

Author : Erica Dhawan
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781250246530

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Digital Body Language by Erica Dhawan Pdf

An instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller The definitive guide to communicating and connecting in a hybrid world. Email replies that show up a week later. Video chats full of “oops sorry no you go” and “can you hear me?!” Ambiguous text-messages. Weird punctuation you can’t make heads or tails of. Is it any wonder communication takes us so much time and effort to figure out? How did we lose our innate capacity to understand each other? Humans rely on body language to connect and build trust, but with most of our communication happening from behind a screen, traditional body language signals are no longer visible -- or are they? In Digital Body Language, Erica Dhawan, a go-to thought leader on collaboration and a passionate communication junkie, combines cutting edge research with engaging storytelling to decode the new signals and cues that have replaced traditional body language across genders, generations, and culture. In real life, we lean in, uncross our arms, smile, nod and make eye contact to show we listen and care. Online, reading carefully is the new listening. Writing clearly is the new empathy. And a phone or video call is worth a thousand emails. Digital Body Language will turn your daily misunderstandings into a set of collectively understood laws that foster connection, no matter the distance. Dhawan investigates a wide array of exchanges—from large conferences and video meetings to daily emails, texts, IMs, and conference calls—and offers insights and solutions to build trust and clarity to anyone in our ever changing world.

Author : Mark Anthony Camilleri
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800712669

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Strategic Corporate Communication in the Digital Age by Mark Anthony Camilleri Pdf

Strategic Corporate Communication in the Digital Age explores how contemporary communication approaches are crossing boundaries as innovative media formats and digital transformations offer new challenges and opportunities to academia and practitioners.

Author : Caroline Tagg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317539100

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Exploring Digital Communication by Caroline Tagg Pdf

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies or taking an introductory MA course, as well as advanced undergraduates. Titles in the series are also ideal for language professionals returning to academic study. The books take an innovative ‘practice to theory’ approach, with a ‘back-to-front’ structure. This leads the reader from real-world problems and issues, through a discussion of intervention and how to engage with these concerns, before finally relating these practical issues to theoretical foundations. Exploring Digital Communication aims to discuss real-world issues pertaining to digital communication, and to explore how linguistic research addresses these challenges. The text is divided into three sections (Problems and practices; Interventions; and Theory), each of which is further divided into two subsections which reflect linguistic issues relating to digital communication. The author seeks to demystify any perceived divide between online and offline communication, arguing that issues raised in relation to digital communication throw light on language use and practices in general, and thus linguistic interventions in this area have implications not only for users of digital communication but for linguists’ general understanding of language and society. Including relevant research examples, tasks and a glossary, this textbook is an invaluable resource for postgraduate and upper undergraduate students taking New Media or Communication Studies modules within Applied Linguistics and English Language courses.

Author : Gabriele Siegert,M. Bjørn Rimscha,Stephanie Grubenmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110416794

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Commercial Communication in the Digital Age by Gabriele Siegert,M. Bjørn Rimscha,Stephanie Grubenmann Pdf

In today’s digital age, online and mobile advertising are of growing importance, with advertising no longer bound to the traditional media industry. Although the advertising industry still has broader access to the different measures and channels, users and consumers today have more possibilities topublish, get informed or communicate – to “co-create” –, and toreach a bigger audience. There is a good chance thus that users and consumers are better informed about the objectives and persuasive tricks of the advertising industry than ever before. At the same time, advertisers can inform about products and services without the limitations of time and place faced by traditional mass media. But will there really be a time when advertisers and consumers have equal power, or does tracking users online and offline lead to a situation where advertisers have more information about the consumers than ever before? The volume discusses these questionsand related issues.

Author : Daniel Dejica,Gyde Hansen,Peter Sandrini,Iulia Para
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110472059

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Language in the Digital Era. Challenges and Perspectives by Daniel Dejica,Gyde Hansen,Peter Sandrini,Iulia Para Pdf

This collected volume brings together the contributions of several humanities scholars who focus on the evolution of language in the digital era. The first part of the volume explores general aspects of humanities and linguistics in the digital environment. The second part focuses on language and translation and includes topics that discuss the digital translation policy, new technologies and specialised translation, online resources for terminology management, translation of online advertising, or subtitling. The last part of the book focuses on language teaching and learning and addresses the changes, challenges and perspectives of didactics in the age of technology. Each contribution is divided into several sections that present the state of the art and the methodology used, and discuss the results and perspectives of the authors. The book is recommended to scholars, professionals, students and anyone interested in the changes within the humanities in conjunction with technological innovation or in the ways language is adapting to the challenges of today’s digitized world.

Author : Emmy J. Favilla,BuzzFeed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781632867599

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A World Without "Whom" by Emmy J. Favilla,BuzzFeed Pdf

"A provocative and jaunty romp through the dos and don'ts of writing for the internet" (NYT)--the practical, the playful, and the politically correct--from BuzzFeed copy chief Emmy Favilla. A World Without "Whom" is Eats, Shoots & Leaves for the internet age, and BuzzFeed global copy chief Emmy Favilla is the witty go-to style guru of webspeak. As language evolves faster than ever before, what is the future of "correct" writing? When Favilla was tasked with creating a style guide for BuzzFeed, she opted for spelling, grammar, and punctuation guidelines that would reflect not only the site's lighthearted tone, but also how readers actually use language IRL. With wry cleverness and an uncanny intuition for the possibilities of internet-age expression, Favilla makes a case for breaking the rules laid out by Strunk and White: A world without "whom," she argues, is a world with more room for writing that's clear, timely, pleasurable, and politically aware. Featuring priceless emoji strings, sidebars, quizzes, and style debates among the most lovable word nerds in the digital media world--of which Favilla is queen--A World Without "Whom" is essential for readers and writers of virtually everything: news articles, blog posts, tweets, texts, emails, and whatever comes next . . . so basically everyone.

Author : Marques, Rui Pedro Figueiredo,Batista, Joao Carlos Lopes
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781522520627

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Information and Communication Overload in the Digital Age by Marques, Rui Pedro Figueiredo,Batista, Joao Carlos Lopes Pdf

Advances in communication technologies have created an overabundance of available information and knowledge to people in contemporary society. Consequently, it has become pivotal to develop new approaches for information processing and understanding. Information and Communication Overload in the Digital Age is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on the increased amount of information created by evolving technologies, examining creative methods for improved control of information overload. Focusing on theoretical and experimental topics, such as media consumption, media literacy, and business applications, this book is ideally designed for researchers, practitioners, academics, graduate students, and professionals seeking emerging perspectives on information and communication management.