Usernames as Linguistic Devices of Self- and Other-Categorisation in Computer-Mediated Communication
This study analyses metadiscourse produced by Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) participants on how they select and operate their usernames. The data comprises two answers to an open question in a survey conducted amongst participants of Чat30 (‘Chat30’), a website on the Russian-speaking Intern...
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| description | This study analyses metadiscourse produced by Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) participants on how they select and operate their usernames. The data comprises two answers to an open question in a survey conducted amongst participants of Чat30 (‘Chat30’), a website on the Russian-speaking Internet. These texts are approached as excerpts of communication rather than survey data and examined using Membership Categorisation Analysis (MCA) as an analytical tool. MCA originated from the work of Harvey Sacks, based on Ethnomethodology (EM) developed by Harold Garfinkel, who studied the interactional character of social reality. MCA serves to analyse linguistic strategies that people use to allocate themselves and others to so-called “membership categories” with commonly recognised sets of attributes ascribed to them. The general perception within this analytical approach is that personal names are used to refer to people, but not to categorise or otherwise characterise them, and therefore are not considered as terms of categorisation. In contrast, the aim of this study is to show that CMC participants handle their usernames as information-rich linguistic tools that share characteristics with terms of categorisation. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1598382025-05-19T11:08:17Z Usernames as Linguistic Devices of Self- and Other-Categorisation in Computer-Mediated Communication Aleksiejuk, Katarzyna username Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) Membership Categorisation Analysis (MCA) Ethnomethodology (EM) thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology This study analyses metadiscourse produced by Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) participants on how they select and operate their usernames. The data comprises two answers to an open question in a survey conducted amongst participants of Чat30 (‘Chat30’), a website on the Russian-speaking Internet. These texts are approached as excerpts of communication rather than survey data and examined using Membership Categorisation Analysis (MCA) as an analytical tool. MCA originated from the work of Harvey Sacks, based on Ethnomethodology (EM) developed by Harold Garfinkel, who studied the interactional character of social reality. MCA serves to analyse linguistic strategies that people use to allocate themselves and others to so-called “membership categories” with commonly recognised sets of attributes ascribed to them. The general perception within this analytical approach is that personal names are used to refer to people, but not to categorise or otherwise characterise them, and therefore are not considered as terms of categorisation. In contrast, the aim of this study is to show that CMC participants handle their usernames as information-rich linguistic tools that share characteristics with terms of categorisation. Published 2025-05-19T11:08:15Z 2025-05-19T11:08:15Z 2023-12-12 chapter 9788323374466 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159838 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://wuj.pl/ksiazka/onomastics-in-interaction-with-other-branches-of-science-volume-2#otwarty-dostep https://wuj.pl/usernames-as-linguistic-devices-of-self-and-other-categorisation-in-computer-mediated-communication Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Onomastics in Interaction With Other Branches of Science. Volume 2. Anthroponomastics 10.4467/K7446.46/22.23.17267 10.4467/K7446.46/22.23.17267 b56389e6-bd6e-43b9-abc7-9af91c5afc6b e93deae3-b5ec-4abe-b483-2a536826b783 9788323374466 1-20 open access |
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| title | Usernames as Linguistic Devices of Self- and Other-Categorisation in Computer-Mediated Communication |
| title_full | Usernames as Linguistic Devices of Self- and Other-Categorisation in Computer-Mediated Communication |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Usernames as Linguistic Devices of Self- and Other-Categorisation in Computer-Mediated Communication |
| title_short | Usernames as Linguistic Devices of Self- and Other-Categorisation in Computer-Mediated Communication |
| title_sort | usernames as linguistic devices of self and other categorisation in computer mediated communication |
| topic | username Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) Membership Categorisation Analysis (MCA) Ethnomethodology (EM) thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology |
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