Language Economy in Computer-Mediated Communication: Learner Autonomy in a Community of Practice

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Author(s): Jonathan R. White (Högskolan Dalarna, Sweden)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 16
Source title: Computer-Assisted Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: Technological Advances
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Bin Zou (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China), Minjie Xing (University of Manchester, UK), Yuping Wang (Griffith University, Australia), Mingyu Sun (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA)and Catherine H. Xiang (The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2821-2.ch005

Keywords: Computer-Assisted Language Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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This chapter presents an analysis of economised language in textchat data from non-native English-speaking students in an MA programme in English Linguistics. Previous research by the author demonstrated that forms clipped or otherwise reduced from their full version can be considered evidence that an Internet community of practice has formed. The author argues here that this implies that the learners are exhibiting autonomy, and he also demonstrates that the same can be concluded for the ellipsis. The functions of the ellipsis are identified, which demonstrates that students are interacting, and therefore, are at least in the process of forming a social learning community.

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