I know Chris and am aware of his book though I haven't read it. As the title says it's looking at the structure and practices of online chat. That would be very relevant to an analysis of in-game texting, not so much to voice interaction.
One aspect of online chat is the loss of sequential continuity. A given turn is not necessarily responding the the just prior turn as would unusually be the case in regular conversation. This leads to the use of certain places, such a prefacing a turn with a name, that might be rare in conversation.
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ReplyDeleteI know Chris and am aware of his book though I haven't read it. As the title says it's looking at the structure and practices of online chat. That would be very relevant to an analysis of in-game texting, not so much to voice interaction.
ReplyDeleteOne aspect of online chat is the loss of sequential continuity. A given turn is not necessarily responding the the just prior turn as would unusually be the case in regular conversation. This leads to the use of certain places, such a prefacing a turn with a name, that might be rare in conversation.