CUNY Academic Commons | Nancy J Ortega Alvarez | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/nortega/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Nancy J Ortega Alvarez is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 e3de996321df2ebe47fb0222ba6e3854 Chun-Yi Peng joined the group Computer-Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1162695/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:00:25 -0400 c958172b59cd5ee7e92b6285bf39333d ecem firat (she/her/hers) joined the group Computer-Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/866917/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:41:46 -0400 67b365b048e895fb0c0bad44fbb9a3d0 Cristina Migliaccio started the topic Inquiry for Summer Digital Research Assistant (Paid) in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/inquiry-for-summer-digital-research-assistant-paid-2/ Wed, 25 May 2022 12:52:09 -0400 Hi Folks:

Please let me know if anyone is interested in, or might direct me to someone that can help me with the following digital research over Summer 2022 (and perhaps beyond that):

Project Description:

The project investigates the Neapolitan-Italian language on social media & streaming media, a language designated as “vulnerable” by…[Read more]

]]> 7cb015ff255fb2a509ff1b2427d883b0 Cristina Migliaccio joined the group Computer-Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/718477/ Sat, 14 Nov 2020 13:21:45 -0500 d374f6d1bf5f55d838794c407fe1d4a2 Ernesto Cuba wrote a new blog post CFP: 22nd Annual HLBLL Graduate Student Conference in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/12/17/cfp-22nd-annual-hlbll-graduate-student-conference/ Sat, 17 Dec 2016 18:03:08 -0500 Over the Wall/Saltar el muro:
Compromiso público y academia/Public Engagement & Academia

In current debates, the idea of a wall becomes a point of discussion from which to explore the relationship between […]

]]> 762a356290ab533188ecd91b83a931fe Reem Kanjawi-Faraj started the topic Instagram in the old days in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/instagram-in-the-old-days/ Sat, 10 Dec 2016 12:13:58 -0500 https://www.facebook.com/Marketears/videos/1755092988093666/?pnref=story

]]> 04e8fe70804ba722dec2978746730712 Wu Liang wrote a new blog post Facebook, Space, and Place in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/11/29/facebook-space-and-place/ Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:29:44 -0500 After our discussion on embodiment last week, we move on to the recognition of emplacement in sociolinguistic studies of computer-mediated communications. In this blog, I will use some of the concepts I have […]

]]> 91c4a9f67f472b54d53276f414866b4c Liang Wu joined the group Computer-Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/449263/ Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:02:22 -0500 de5b3d998de524659c8f6636b228ca42 Ivana Durovic replied to the topic Form and meaning, surface and substance in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51876 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:52:43 -0500 Perhaps I shouldn’t be allowed to blog because I seem to hijack every opportunity in order to talk about whatever I want, and not necessarily always right in the bull’s eye of the topic of the day. Makes me look like a politician who is evading a question at a press conference. Although digressing in class is much less dangerous than doing it in…[Read more]

]]> a33e130f70d3fb5ac14e78e253ee172e Huda Aldossary wrote a new blog post Embodiment in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/11/22/embodiment/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:09:06 -0500 The readings for this week discuss the relationship between language and the representation of the body. Locher, Jucker and Berger (2015) investigate spatial literacy in the online interaction of newbies in the […]

]]> a0adbf9ab0b97bc8b0511d92622672ad Ivana Durovic started the topic Form and meaning, surface and substance in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/form-and-meaning-surface-and-substance/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:54:46 -0500 Today’s topic is of particular importance to me at this point in my budding career as a linguist, as I try to locate my place in the field. With everything I do, I try to keep the bigger picture in mind as much as possible and therefore sometimes I am in danger of wandering away from the main topic. However, today, more than usually, I think a…[Read more]

]]> 4fd5b3352dd50ba751f3687c64ab9da9 Huda Aldossary joined the group Computer-Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/448874/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:07:38 -0500 6ff53f369b702757737859846384ab0c Lara Alonso started the topic Multilingual CMC in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/multilingual-cmc/ Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:00:07 -0500 “There is a need to rethink linguistic communication in a world that has become increasingly interconnected”

Blommaert

Computer-mediated communication has affected literacy and social practices in different ways. Today, I would like to reflect on its influence on multilingualism in our daily lives. Digital media offers a privileged scenario to…[Read more]

]]> 8600d3959aff75dcbbaa13e83a21e980 Agne Karosaite replied to the topic estoy horrorizada! in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51754 Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:25:58 -0500 Dear Cece and class,

We all woke up into a nightmare on Wednesday, and, although terrified, I was comforted by your post, as well as by all the subsequent responses. It gave me a feeling of belonging and an immediate outlet for my emotions. I imagine that we may be scared for different reasons, as we not only share our experience in New York but…[Read more]

]]> ffb6719fe54b1ff4bcdc013bd0afaaaa Ernesto Cuba started the topic Cece's talk this Tuesday at Hispanic Program! in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/ceces-talk-this-tuesday-at-hispanic-program/ Fri, 11 Nov 2016 17:47:43 -0500 TITLE: “Puro GUANAJUATO!!!!!! BITCHESSSSSS: place identity in YouTube comments”

SPEAKER: Professor Cecelia Cutler, The Graduate Center

WHERE: HLBLL, The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street), New York, NY 10016, Room: 4116

WHEN: Tuesday, November 15, 6:30 p.m.

(Free and open to the public)

—-

Professor Cutler teaches…[Read more]

]]> e9ea536bcd9d5852199e2346aa60a3aa Ernesto Cuba replied to the topic estoy horrorizada! in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51650 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 02:43:11 -0500 Thank you for the words and support, Cece.

Checking the news, I read that someone has created a thread in Twitter titled “Day 1 in Trump’s America”. Warning: It’s scary af.

 

]]> 5189b7779450d282cfdd74b0d6a879c8 Reem Kanjawi-Faraj replied to the topic Syrian Americans' reactions to presidential election results in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51646 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:05:35 -0500 Now this one could have a sexist reading to it.

The caption is again in Syrian and it reads:

“at the end, a woman has nobody but her children and no place but her home. signed by Hillary.”

Which of course indicates that the right place for a woman is her home with her husband and kids and not at work.

When an Arab sees this picture, s/he…[Read more]

]]> 43abe92f36a732b83385675e08658283 Milton Läufer replied to the topic estoy horrorizada! in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51645 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:17:19 -0500 And, well, some humor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEskg0Z-NAQ

]]> ada71e3a9992c5d1abe1d561dbac394e Milton Läufer replied to the topic estoy horrorizada! in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51643 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:54:21 -0500 I just want to say that I share the shock with all of you.

Also, after watching the reactions of American friends, I do feel there is something worth mentioning. One of the things they said was they couldn’t believe that half of their fellow Americans were racist, homophobic, misogynist, etc.

First of all, I think there is a confusion here: only…[Read more]

]]> 0b7e10947c6b8a1d97ff5770787ab627 Rocio Carranza Brito replied to the topic estoy horrorizada! in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51635 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 02:15:56 -0500 I have to say I just cannot believe this result. Trump, @POTUS?

Yesterday I watched all tv programs about elections. My roommate has been talking about this election since I moved in, last September. He was trusting that Hillary wins, but yesterday, I felt his disappointment, and mine too. This remembered myself that July nights in 2006 and 2012…[Read more]

]]> 0b1d394ca79bef7610a5c3dd4c642887 Nancy J Ortega Alvarez replied to the topic estoy horrorizada! in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51626 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 18:12:07 -0500 ¡¡¡RESISTENCIA!!!

“Don’t mourn, organize”. Jill Stein <span class=”_58cl”>#</span><span class=”_58cm”>NoConsent</span>

 

]]> a64d261b825e585aff20e281cafb84f6 Cecelia Anne Cutler started the topic estoy horrorizada! in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/estoy-horrorizada/ Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:50:41 -0500 I can’t quite comprehend what happened to this country early this morning; A giant hole has been ripped through my heart and I’m lying on the ground gasping for air. Last night, after remaining glued to the news until 3am, I finally slept for a few hours and dreamt of poisonous spiders escaping in my son’s room. I’m trying to find the lessons in…[Read more]

]]> 5abb8c62b48c7cadb706cab50e4a6f4b Reem Kanjawi-Faraj replied to the topic Syrian Americans' reactions to presidential election results in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51614 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:34:15 -0500 this same one-word sentence has been used addressing Assad by those who find his being in power beneficial or those who fear their lives.

]]> 459260c36ec8d306c782850b143ac80e Reem Kanjawi-Faraj started the topic Syrian Americans' reactions to presidential election results in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/syrian-americans-reactions-to-presidential-election-results/ Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:29:20 -0500 Caption in Syrian Arabic reads: “we love you”

]]> ff4c88294f3a130b7baa9841c8394063 Reem Kanjawi-Faraj replied to the topic Hinrichs 2015 written digital code switching in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51611 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:27:39 -0500 Thank you Cece, I will make sure to read and incorporate views discussed in the chapter you mentioned.

]]> 6eb3df56bb897d505376393e6c2e77a8 Cecelia Anne Cutler replied to the topic Hinrichs 2015 written digital code switching in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51605 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 18:34:37 -0500 Examining this data would be a great topic for your paper if you feel up to it. I would question however whether Hinrich’s model of rhetoricity would account for the kind of switching you have found. I wonder if Agha’s conception of how bilinguals do this kind of languaging.

See his chapter “What do bilinguals do?” (Chapter 15) in Reyes, A., &…[Read more]

]]> 4a138036942e7797bc90c2f280d6e691 Cecelia Anne Cutler replied to the topic Performativity on Social media in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51601 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 18:01:17 -0500 Bearing in mind that performativity has to produce some effects on others (Butler 1990)(e.g. acceptance, valorization, fear, jealousy, etc.) it seems clear from the phenom of FOMO, and responses like depression, and anxiety, that social media representations of the self are indeed performative.

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Butler, Judith.…[Read more]

]]> 0fd28a39dbe9014f69606931c5a4c96d Ellyn Rolleston Keith started the topic Performativity on Social media in the forum Computer Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/performativity-on-social-media/ Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:15:41 -0500 In her article “Their Lives Are So Much Better Than Ours!”, Jenna Mahay discusses how websites for customized greeting cards aid users in constructing social identity. With style emphasized over message, these cards are “powerful symbolic expressions, in crystallized form, of the sender’s self.” The greeting card websites promote the “normativ…[Read more]

]]> 6855d5c2ad67ea36d25d46d9673cf594 Rocio Carranza Brito wrote a new blog post Superdiversity (critique) in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/11/04/superdiversity-critique/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 02:26:45 -0400 Here is the Flores & Lewis’ article about their critique to superdiversity. Pay attention to the main three arguments, but analyze their proposal and the sociolinguist role during the fieldwork and in the data […]

]]> a4e7e6ada125fb0cb153a75ad69750c4 Syelle wrote a new blog post People are using social media in the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline project, but the authorities say they’re not fooling anyone. in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/11/02/people-are-using-social-media-in-the-fight-against-the-dakota-access-pipeline-project-but-the-authorities-say-theyre-not-fooling-anyone/ Wed, 02 Nov 2016 13:56:46 -0400 6444f016c4d4d85c4dadbf665e1626b1 Ivana Durovic started the topic Are Privacy and Anonymity afforded? in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/are-privacy-and-anonymity-afforded/ Tue, 01 Nov 2016 14:25:09 -0400 In this blog post, I wish to question two ideas of affordances granted by today’s technologies that are mentioned in chapter 3 of Deumert’s book: control over the presentation of self and anonymity. Although this may have been a little bit true back in the day of the old read-only internet and chat-rooms, the advancement of technologies seems to…[Read more]

]]> 4576022b2f61a0aaf47e039557a10bad Ernesto Cuba started the topic A Professor Circled “Hence” On A Latina Student’s Paper And Wrote “This Is Not Y in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/a-professor-circled-hence-on-a-latina-students-paper-and-wrote-this-is-not-y/ Tue, 01 Nov 2016 02:46:17 -0400 When a social outcry becomes viral. A case of academic writing, racism and CMC:

“Martínez said her blog posts usually average 15 views and three shares among her close friends. The one she wrote yesterday has been viewed and shared thousands of times on social media, and has garnered hundreds of comments from other people of color who have…[Read more]

]]> ebcfa736590d30c4103a145da5d2712c Ernesto Cuba started the topic Call for Papers: Language, Discrimination and Conflict Event (10th BAAL LGaS SIG in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/call-for-papers-language-discrimination-and-conflict-event-10th-baal-lgas-sig/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:31:43 -0400 *** with apologies for cross-posting ***

Dear colleagues,
Please see the call for papers (attached) for the 10th BAAL Language, Gender and Sexuality special interest group event to be held at Nottingham University in April 2017. Please do disseminate to anyone who might be interested. Details of the event are summarised below.…[Read more]

]]> 26ced909f9e5a4bd2b94e6910898a2b7 Rocio Carranza Brito wrote a new blog post Superdiversity presentation in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/27/superdiversity-presentation/ Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:02:41 -0400 Hello everyone,

Here is the McElhinny article that Ernesto mentioned in our presentation this last Tuesday.

I am trying to download the Flores and Lewis article. As soon as I get it, I’ll post […]

]]> 321329533afd283b9e28c307fbd6c350 Reem Kanjawi-Faraj wrote a new blog post code switching in diaspora CMC as discussed by Hinrichs 2015 in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/27/code-switching-in-diaspora-cmc-as-discussed-by-hinrichs-2015/ Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:16:39 -0400 In this blog I am attempting at linking the theoretical discussion and framework of  code-switching as a linguistic phenomenon in CMC as discussed by Hinrichs 2015 to actual authentic examples from my recent […]

]]> 7fe26e9312639396ff78d4516736a3d9 Agne Karosaite started the topic Talk by Esra Akcan, Cornell University in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/talk-by-esra-akcan-cornell-university/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:38:55 -0400 Dear all, I wanted to share a video that ties in with yesterday’s discussion on superdiversity very well. It is a talk by Esra Akcan, from Cornell University, where she analyses ‘open architecture’, with a focus on social housing in Berlin.
She shows a picture (1:04:07) of a building extension that has satellite dishes on it, I suggest watching…[Read more]

]]> 47f26a17096d4b8511cf381a630d1f16 Milton Läufer wrote a new blog post Superdiversity, Normativity and Money in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/25/superdiversity-normativity-and-money/ Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:00:57 -0400 The three assigned articles of Discourse, Context and Media, in the occasion of its special issue about “Digital Language Practices in Superdiversity”, form an interesting image of different phenomena that can be […]

]]> eb2a65ca5764fab9d877af2e4e9a5ee8 Syelle wrote a new blog post Tanya Karoli Christensen: "Vagueness in youth speech. Functional analyses of spoken Danish." in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/24/tanya-karoli-christensen-vagueness-in-youth-speech-functional-analyses-of-spoken-danish/ Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:52:49 -0400 International Linguistic Association
Monthly Lecture Series
 
Tanya Karoli Christensen
University of Copenhagen
 
Vagueness in youth speech. Functional analyses of spoken D […]

]]> af02f596978cfe18ea36a26e6d111af1 Jeffrey Wilson wrote a new blog post "Happy Heterogeneity" in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/24/happy-heterogeneity/ Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:16:40 -0400 The Androutsopoulis-Juffermans Editorial calls for us to be wary of the “happy heterogeneity” theory of the Internet as a vast sphere of superdiversity, where many disparate people, languages, and attitudes coe […]

]]> 9e405d5672ea2840b81a43156fa7d357 Jeffrey Wilson joined the group Computer-Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/446216/ Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:13:16 -0400 a70e649fbdb036123bd2fbdfa49105d4 Ernesto Cuba wrote a new blog post "Are you lost in the world like me?" - Moby in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/22/are-you-lost-in-the-world-like-me-moby/ Sat, 22 Oct 2016 18:38:39 -0400 Hello all,

I recently went out from Facebook because I’m pretty busy and felt overwhelmed for all the politics and hatred in the world. Last night I entered back for some minutes. I found this new Moby’s […]

]]> c9947bca07b277e50acba2d8f2bfd28a Syelle edited the blog post New York Times: Those Lips! Those Eyes! That Stubble! The Transformative Power of Men in Makeup in the group Computer-Mediated Communication https://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/22/new-york-times-those-lips-those-eyes-that-stubble-the-transformative-power-of-men-in-makeup/ Sat, 22 Oct 2016 17:15:43 -0400 New York Times: Those Lips! Those Eyes! That Stubble! The Transformative Power of Men in MakeupA handful of “beauty boys” have primped and preened their way into the female-centric world of Instagram and YouTube makeup artistry—and the cosmetics industry wants in.

]]> 451e0748d5d2a4cb9a105496b7d80b19 Syelle wrote a new blog post Creole Conference at Brooklyn College, Oct. 28-29 in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/22/creole-conference-at-brooklyn-college-oct-28-29/ Sat, 22 Oct 2016 17:08:13 -0400 “Haitain Creole: Orality and Cultural Identity”

Friday, October 28th 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 29th, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

at Brooklyn College, 2705 Campus Road

See below for events, and […]

]]> 2895b549ee040ac327aac168eb315f9e Esra Padgett wrote a new blog post Digital Enregisterment and the Voicing of a Sex-Toy in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/18/digital-enregisterment-and-the-voicing-of-a-sex-toy/ Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:59:17 -0400  

As today’s readings focused on “digital enregisterment,” I wanted to share some pieces of a paper I have been working on that deals with this same phenomenon. As most of my recent research deals with perfor […]

]]> f8405d2a8f53653b58e3f4189ddce828 Reem Kanjawi-Faraj started the topic Hinrichs 2015 written digital code switching in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/hinrichs-2015-written-digital-code-switching/ Tue, 18 Oct 2016 02:36:09 -0400 In his (2015) paper, Hinrichs proposes that written digital code switching (WDCS) is a product of globalization. He provides an account for code switching (CS) among multidialectal diasporic Jamaican bloggers as a stylistic/ linguistic practice rooted in social power and identities. He argues that WDCS, unlike CS in speech, is more carefully…[Read more]

]]> 109d4b96947611fbbe40b320cfeb0e38 Milton Läufer joined the group Computer-Mediated Communication https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/445439/ Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:40:40 -0400 9b79b6cb20c9a8a058d5a34380b6fb02 Syelle wrote a new blog post Estíbaliz Amorrortu on Friday, 10/7/16: “Becoming an Active Speaker: The Case of Young New Speakers of Basque” in the group Computer-Mediated Communication http://sociocmc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/09/29/estibaliz-amorrortu-on-friday-10716-becoming-an-active-speaker-the-case-of-young-new-speakers-of-basque/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:45:09 -0400 WHEN: Friday, October 7, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: GC Room 9207

COST: Free and open to the public

ABOUT: “Becoming an Active Speaker: The Case of Young New Speakers of Basque”

The numbers of new speakers (NS) o […]

]]> 5fb046af7626b1632fbcb06dcec19d64 Ivana Durovic started the topic The Language of the Deal: Trump Speak in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/the-language-of-the-deal-trump-speak/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:16:23 -0400 Wednesday, September 28th 2016, 2pm, at Hunter College (68th St. and Lex. Ave), room 1242 HW (Hunter West), Professor Christina Zarcadoolas is breaking down Donald Trump’s speech in a talk series organized by Hunter Undergraduate Linguistics Association. Everyone is welcome!

]]> 10f4b964990dd8fae62cfdec7dd1a3cf Jorge Alvis started the topic From the zone of social variation to the digital expressive space in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/from-the-zone-of-social-variation-to-the-digital-expressive-space/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:21:01 -0400 II
Now I want to focus on the concept of “zone of social variation” in Sebba’s argument in order to show that his point of view can be contested by a different approach, as Deumert suggest (2014, p. 142).

According to Sebba, while considering writing as a social practice is almost easy to see, it is not the case with orthography. But it can be…[Read more]

]]> 22520a5218ca43bceeb5367682d52c12 Jorge Alvis started the topic Political context of orthography in the forum Computer Mediated Communication http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/computer-mediated-communication/forum/topic/political-context-of-orthography/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:57:32 -0400 Dear colleagues,

This is the first part of my post. The second part will be about the “zone of social variation” in Sebba’s argument.

I
As a linguist educated in a country with more than sixty natives languages, the orthography of the indigenous languages was a subject of interest in my institutional environment. Nevertheless, besides practicing…[Read more]

]]>