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An Investigation of a Factor That Affects the Usage of Unsounded Code Strings at the End of Japanese and English Tweets

Authors:
Yasuhiko Watanabe
Kunihiro Nakajima
Haruka Morimoto
Ryo Nishimura
Yoshihiro Okada

Keywords: unsounded code string; Twitter; general public; particular persons; non verbal communication.

Abstract:
In this study, we compare Japanese and English tweets submitted to Twitter and discuss how we use unsounded code strings at the end of online messages. We first define unsounded codes and unsounded code strings used in Japanese and English text. Next, we compare and discuss the usage of unsounded code strings at the end of Japanese and English tweets, especially, to general public and particular persons. Finally, we show the receiver of a tweet, whether general public or a particular person, is a factor that affects the usage of unsounded code strings at the end of Japanese and English tweets. Specifically, Japanese speakers use unsounded code strings at the end of tweets more frequently to particular persons than to general public while English speakers do not.

Pages: 50 to 55

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: October 11, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-443X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-435-0

Location: St. Julians, Malta

Dates: from October 11, 2015 to October 16, 2015