Assessment: Spoken Language study
Explore the view that speaking, and/ or web based interactions can be very creative form of language use.
Spoken and text language are very creative forms of language, using nuances and other language features, such as sarcasm. Sarcasm is a very inventive language feature, in the way that it uses paralinguistic features, such as facial expression and tone of voice, to convey more information than the words of the sentence may have done. An example of this is, if someone came late to a lesson in school, the teacher may say “glad to see you are arriving on time as usual”, this just as text without a context, could easily be taken literally and misunderstood, however with the correct tone of voice and facial expression it is easy to tell the person is being sarcastic. In text language the way in which we show sarcasm is usually shown through context, as in some situations it is obvious the persons actual thoughts. Sarcasm can also show how familiar the people talking are as sarcasm is usually used in informal conversation, as it would be considered rude in a formal situation.
It is clear that the use of sarcasm is a very creative way of communicating, as it goes beyond the words of a conversation and can sometimes make the sentence mean the complete opposite thing to what the words in the sentence have already said. This makes it a very complex language tool to use in texting where the only way it can be understood is through the context of the conversation.
Another reason that spoken and text based communication is creative is the use of emotion. Emotion is the way that a person feels and how they communicate that feeling, for instance if someone is happy they would characteristically have a smile on their face, this is a paralinguistic feature that has been adapted for text language through the use of emoticons. Emoticons, or as they are more colloquially known “smileys” are a form of text language used to display emotion, an example of an emoticon is a happy face “:)”, this is used in text language to show the emotion of an individual. This is important to adding to the amount of nuances text can replicate from speaking.
Speaking and texting are developing in new and extremely creative ways around the world
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