Corpora: wtd: refs for irc/electronic chat language

David Roger (3dmr5@qlink.queensu.ca)
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:29:13 -0500

Hello everyone
I'm in the process of establishing a corpus for my phd dissertation and it
looks like on-line chat sessions like IRC may be the object of analysis.
Presently, I'm looking for references regarding the language used in these
settings, specifically, wrt abbreviations "like wrt, for instance" :) and
phonological adaptations, like "k" for "ok", or "k7" (in french) for
"cassette", or even "kk1" in French for "quelqu'un" and so on. [it's only
coincidence that these examples all begin with "k" *smile*]

Any help would be greatly appreciated...
TIA
David
3dmr5@qlink.queensu.ca