Digital writing and handwriting are cognitively different activities; thus, it is interesting to verify what happens to the written language when it is conveyed through a keyboard and no longer a pen. On the Net, where the text is stripped of all non-strictly linguistic clues such as tone of voice, facial expression, proxemics, gestures, etc., written words assume a large part of the communicative burden: in other words, we are what we type. Despite this, it often seems that users are not fully aware of how much their linguistic choices affect the construction of their reputation on the net. In this contribution, we reflect on the current state of the typed Italian, trying to hypothesize some future strategies to improve the condition of millions of novice and unprepared users.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-9405-5034
Chapter Title
Di lessico e altre quisquilie: autopercezione ed eteropercezione linguistica nel social networking
Authors
Vera Gheno
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-403-8.10
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Book Title
Competenza lessicale e apprendimento dell’Italiano L2
Editors
Elisabetta Jafrancesco, Matteo La Grassa
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
162
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-403-8
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-402-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-403-8
Series Title
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
Series ISSN
2704-6249
Series E-ISSN
2704-5870