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6 - Multimeowdality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2023

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The chapter ’Multimeowdality’ looks at the interplay of textual and visual elements in social media and approaches multimodality in computer-mediated communication (CMC) and computer-mediated discourse (CMD). Digital discourse has evolved from text-only discourse to multimodal interactions involving text, audio, video, and graphics. The chapter shows the CMC modes and semiotic modes used in multimodal interaction. Based on examples from cat-related digital spaces, it applies the faceted classification tool and the CMDA tool to describe communication on the interactive multimodal platforms. The chapter describes the various visual elements, such as photos, videos, memes, meme-like photos, GIFs, emoticons, emoji, and stickers, and discusses their functions in discourse.

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Purrieties of Language
How We Talk about Cats Online
, pp. 138 - 172
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Multimeowdality
  • Edith Podhovnik
  • Book: Purrieties of Language
  • Online publication: 06 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108918909.006
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  • Multimeowdality
  • Edith Podhovnik
  • Book: Purrieties of Language
  • Online publication: 06 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108918909.006
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  • Multimeowdality
  • Edith Podhovnik
  • Book: Purrieties of Language
  • Online publication: 06 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108918909.006
Available formats
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