Jajaja, jejeje, jijiji: pragmatic functions associated with transcriptions of laughter in computer-mediated communication in Spanish

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https://doi.org/10.18172/cif.4405

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Pragmatics, computer-mediated communication, laughter, interjections, vowels

Abstract

This paper describes a study of the pragmatic functions associated with onomatopoeic transcriptions of laughter used in computer-mediated communication (CMC) in Spanish, carried out through a questionnaire applied on Costa Rican university students. On five-points Likert scales, the participants evaluated the degree to which six types of transcribed laughter —jaja, jajaja, jeje, jejeje, jiji y jijiji— can carry out ten proposed pragmatic functions. This produced a series of statistically significant results that associate both the vowel quantity and the number of syllables with different functions. The findings will serve as a base for future analyses of these elements in real corpora of CMC.

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Haakon S. Krohn, Universidad de Costa Rica

Haakon S. Krohn es profesor e investigador de lingüística en la Escuela de Filología, Lingüística y Literatura de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Sus investigaciones abarcan tanto las lenguas chibchenses como el español, y se adscriben a muchas áreas distintas: fonética, fonología, morfosintaxis, semántica, pragmática y lexicografía.

 

Correo electrónico: hkrohn@gmail.com

 

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Oficina 136

Facultad de Letras

Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio

Universidad de Costa Rica

San Pedro de Montes de Oca

Costa Rica

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Published

2020-12-23

How to Cite

Krohn, H. S. “Jajaja, Jejeje, Jijiji: Pragmatic Functions Associated With Transcriptions of Laughter in Computer-Mediated Communication in Spanish”. Cuadernos De Investigación Filológica, vol. 48, Dec. 2020, pp. 97-120, doi:10.18172/cif.4405.

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