Sociolinguistics

Netspeak & Dreadtalk

Language and the Internet

David Crystal

“Whatever internet culture may be, it is still largely a text-based affair” (Wilbur, 1996, p.6)

• Orthography (repeated letters; emoticons)– Hiiiiiii!!!! Whooaaaaaaaa!– ;) :D :) :P :X ^__^

• Lexical features• Grammatical features• Morphological features• Style - Screen names (kdog)• Creolisation & Decreolisation

Internet Situations

• Netizen• Synchronous and Asynchronous interaction– (Real-time and Postponed time).

• Language use (audience, purpose)• Identity • “The language of blogs displays the process of writing in its

naked, unedited form. ” (Crystal, 2006, p. 15)

www.netlingo.com

Dread Talk

Dread Talk_________________________________•Philosophy influences language.•Word formation•Phonology•Morphology & Phonology•Semantics

•Aprecilove•Argumant•Full-Joy•Forward•Overstand

Dread Talk: The Language of Rastafari

Velma Pollard

::Velma Pollard

Knutsford Court Hotel, Jamaica. (Jan., 2011)