Conversational Analysis of Chat Room Talk PHD thesis by  Dr. Terrell Neuage  University of South Australia National Library of Australia. Thesis full text availalbe from the University of South Australia library

THESIShome ~ Abstract.html/pdf ~ Glossary.html/pdfIntroduction.html/pdf  ~ methodology.html/pdf  ~ literature review.html/pdfCase Study 1.html/pdf~ 2.html/pdf~ 3.html/pdf~  4.html/pdf~ 5.html/pdf~  6.html/pdf~  7.html/pdf~ discussion.html/pdf  ~ conclusion.html~ postscipt.html/pdf~ O*D*A*M.html/pdf~ Bibliography.html/pdf~  911~ thesis-complete.htm/~ Terrell Neuage Home Appendixes  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.  DATA ~ Case Study   1 ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~ 7 ~ These links are from early notes and not the final edits which are in the published version available at the University of South Australia only. Not all links are active due to changing domains. Home page see http://neuage.co /

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Conversational Analysis of Chatroom ‘Talk’

by

Terrell Neuage homepage

Email:

Terrell.Neuage@unisa.edu.au

NOTE: THIS IS A CONSTATNLY RE-WORKED ROUGH DRAFT AND most IS IN NOTE FORM THE EXPECTED COMPLETION OF THIS IS THE END OF 2001

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A thesis to be submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

School of Communication and Information Studies

University of South Australia

Supervisors:

Jackie Cook

Associate Professor Clara Woods

Contents: last updated month/day/year

SECTION ONE

1. Abstract last updated

2. Acknowledgments last updated

3. Publications based on this research last updated

4. Introduction last updated

i. Analysing Chatroom ‘talk’

ii. How ‘chat’ differes’ from natural conversation’

5. Literature Review last updated 11/11/1999

i. INTRODUCTION

ii. Conversational Analysis (CA)

iii. Speech Act (SA)

iv. Discourse Analysis (DA)

v. Reading Theory

vi. Computer Mediated Communciation (CMC)

Electronic Communicated Analysis

Computational Linguistics

Text and Corpus Analysis

vii. PRAGMATICS

viii. SEMIOTICS

Lingusitcis

Bibliography and notes

6. Methodology

i. Develpment of a protocol of a transcription methodology

last updated 4/06/00

ii. Grammatical pattenrs in chatroom ‘talk’ including use of abbreviations and emoticons last updated

111. Turn-taking and threads last updated

iv. Types of chatrooms last updated

SECTION TWO CHATROOM ANAYLSIS

7. Chatroom types and anaylsis of their ‘talk’

i. Emergency: Example from Hurrican Floyd ‘chat’ last updated 4/02/00

ii. Topic specific Astrology ‘chat’ last updated 4/01/00

iii. General chat - no specific topic last updated 4/01/00

iv. topic specific - Web3d computer modelling ‘chat’ last updated 4/01/00

v. General chat in a topic specific chatroom - Britney Spears Chat Room’ last updated 4/01/00

vi. topic specific - ‘baseball chat’ last updated 4/01/00

8. Conclusion

9. Notes last updated 4/01/00

9. Bibliography last updated 4/01/00

10. Appendices

i. Proposal for Thesis

ii. Ethics proposal and approval

iii. links to other work available on the Interent relating to Chatrooms, MUDS, MOOS, IRC, virtual communities and etc.

iv. southernexpressway an on-line journal from the Univesity of South Australia with a chatroom incorporated for the harvesting of research for this thesis. last updated 4/01/00

v. Homepage of Terrell Neuage. last updated 4/01/00

vi. Masters thesis on The Influence of the Interent on Literautre

vii. Glossary: common abbreviations; emoticons last updated 4/01/00