Expressive values of punctuation in WhatsApp instant messages
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https://doi.org/10.24197/redd.2.2019.34-59Keywords:
digital discourse, instant messaging, punctuation, emoticons, WhatsAppAbstract
This paper analyzes the pragmatic and discursive value of the punctuation marks used in WhatsApp through samples of real conversations. First, we reflect on the orthographic and the stylistic issues that determine the use of punctuation and we detail approaches have been made about punctuation in new technologies, as well as the conditions of enunciation of WhatsApp instant messages that can influence the punctuation selection. Finally, we analyze the expressive values of the punctuation used in WhatsApp considering the age variable. Starting from the premise that there is a search for optimal relevance (Sperber and Wilson, 1986), we try to systematize changes in WhatsApp punctuation.
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