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• Studiejaar 1

E-Speak

Origin of E-Speak

Before we begin

Two questions for you guys

What is E-Speak?

What is the oldest

piece of E-speak that 

you can remember?

Where did E-Speak begin?

- Texting

- First cell phone

- Nokia 1993

- Networks had to adapt to texting

- 1995 only 0.4 texts a month

- 1999 Cross-network texting, 35 texts a month

So why the E-Speak?

- Internet chatting came before texting.

- Efficiency

- Texting more difficult.

- Multi-tapping

- 160 Characters

- Popular trend

So what about Emoji's?

- Started with Emoticons

- 1960, Vladimir Nabokov

- 1980, Scott Fahlman

- Wingdings and Webdings                   

:-) )-:

So actually, what about Emoji's?

- Emoji is Japanese

- First Emojis created in Japan

- DocoMo i-mode, 40 mill subscribers

- Google and Unicode wanted uniform Emoji's

- Apple took notice, worked together with EU and Japan.

- Unicode 7.0 got released.

- 250 Emojis

Quick recap

Influence of Social Media

Transformation of existing words

- No boundaries on the internet.

- Significant influence on existing language.

- Change in meaning of already existing words.

- Adapting in 'offline' life.

- Learn quickly from social media.

Introducing new vocabulary Pt. 1

- The extension of vocabulary.

          - Catfish, FOMO, photobomb, selfie, etc.

- Not a lot of research needed, own experience.

Who uses social media frequently?
(3+ hours a day)

I do.

I don't.

Have you learned new words/phrases from social media that you would otherwise have never used?

I use a lot of social media and I do.

I use a lot of social media and I don't.

I don't use a lot of social media and I do.

I don't use a lot of social media and I don't.

Introducing new vocabulary Pt. 2

- Conclusion

- Relevancy

- Language creativeness

- Learn something from social media language.

Acronyms that you
use online

Increase of speed and volume of communication

- Acronym usage

- Easier to maintain relationships

- Efficiency of talking online

- Twitter 300 word limit

General language gap

- 'Online' language impact on 'offline' language.

- Social media users vs non social media users.

- Age group language gap

- Adapting to your surroundings.

Styles & Evolution

Western style

:-) Basic emoticon - :) Two character version

:( Sad - :(( Very sad - :’( Weeping

XD Amusement X3 Amusement with animal mouth

>:( Anger >:D Evil grin

Western style

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ shrug

Sometimes an ‘o’ as a nose à :o)

Traditional emoticon with nose :-) or :^)

Sometimes for the mouth an ‘]’ instead of a ‘)’ 

Japenese style

(T_T) Sadness or crying

T_T Unimpressed

(x_x) Stress

Japenese style

(-_-;) Nervousness

/// Can indicate embarrassment

(^.^) ‘Cute’ emoticon 

Japenese & Western style

<(^.^)>

<(^_^<)

<(o_o<)

^_________^ Very happy

Japenese & Western style

t(-_-t) Middle-finger flick off

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)  Lenny face

*,..,* or ‘;..;’ Vampire or other mythical beasts with fangs 

Korean style

Korean jamo letters

ㅅ, ㅁ or ㅂ As mouth/nose

 ㅇ, ㅎ or ㅍ For the eyes

                                                         Examples: ㅇㅅㅇ, ㅇㅂㅇ, ㅇㅁㅇ

                                                         Commonly used as well: 'ㅅ', "ㅅ", 'ㅂ'

                                                         ㅜ,ㅠ used for a crying face 

Russian style

) Represents a Russian smiley

)))) Represents greater happiness

Difficult keyboard 

Evolution

- The Smiley company in 1996

- United states Copyright Office 1997

- .Gif files in 1998

- Smiley Dictionary 

The end

Are there any questions?