WoWspeak: From L337 Language to the Game

dc.contributor.author	Navarro Morales, Beatriz
dc.contributor.department	University of Gothenburg/Department of Languages and Literatures	eng
dc.contributor.department	Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer	swe
dc.date.accessioned	2010-10-15T09:32:53Z
dc.date.available	2010-10-15T09:32:53Z
dc.date.issued	2010-10-15
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this study is to analyse the language used in chat channels of World of Warcraft to illustrate that players of World of Warcraft have adapted L337 language in order to suit their specific requirements in the game. By doing so the players have created a new variation of L337 Language: WoWspeak. We will find that players not only strive to create their own in-game jargon, but also they try to economise language as they attempt to mimic oral conversation as much as possible. The material analysed is computer-mediated conversations gathered from chat channels in the game.	sv
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/23790
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SPL kandidatuppsats i engelska	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SPL 2010-013	sv
dc.setspec.uppsok	HumanitiesTheology
dc.subject	Online game	sv
dc.subject	World of Warcraft	sv
dc.subject	Netspeak	sv
dc.subject	L337 Language	sv
dc.subject	WoWspeak	sv
dc.subject	language	sv
dc.subject	computer mediated language	sv
dc.title	WoWspeak: From L337 Language to the Game	sv
dc.type	Text
dc.type.degree	Student essay
dc.type.uppsok	M2

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