Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
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Re: Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
#2I've always wondered about this.
In Akan languages it is not difficult to conceive of how the same word can be written in different ways to convey another dimension.
Anyone who speaks an akan language will understand that each of these words below means good but with a slightly different emphasis.
papa papaaapa papapapapapa
What is the linguistic term for this concept?
Re: Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
#3Consider learning Polish. Kurwa sounds exactly as it looks.
Re: Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
#4Emojis absolutely have their place here. They can add tone, nuance, and a bit of humanity where plain text can feel flat.
Re: Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
#5Emojis absolutely have their place here. They can add tone, nuance, and a bit of humanity where plain text can feel flat.
I feel like emojis is the lazy persons way of adding tone, nuance and humanity, when you don't know how to do so by only writing. Don't want to imply it's wrong, it's valid to be lazy, especially when it comes to improving communication, but I find myself thinking "How can I make sure this comes across as the joke it is?" and after one or two minute I just end up slapping a wink emoji at the end and don't rewrite the text at all, as the lazy person I am.
Re: Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
#6Emojis absolutely have their place here. They can add tone, nuance, and a bit of humanity where plain text can feel flat.
I feel like emojis is the lazy persons way of adding tone, nuance and humanity, when you don't know how to do so by only writing. Don't want to imply it's wrong, it's valid to be lazy, especially when it comes to improving communication, but I find myself thinking "How can I make sure this comes across as the joke it is?" and after one or two minute I just end up slapping a wink emoji at the end and don't rewrite the…
When you only want to write w a single word back though + and emoji, there’s not a lot of space to add tone!
Re: Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
#7I've always wondered about this. In Akan languages it is not difficult to conceive of how the same word can be written in different ways to convey another dimension. Anyone who speaks an akan language will understand that each of these words below means good but with a slightly different emphasis. papa papaaapa papapapapapa What is the linguistic term for this concept?
Apparently, it's called partial reduplication or emphatic doubling.
Re: Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
#8The book Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is a tremendous study in this area, Scott shows how you can add abstract meanings to words and pictures through illustration.
Re: Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
#9Very interesting idea. I remember reading that in visual spoken communications, only 20% is the actual words. The rest is tone of voice, body language, context, emphasis, expressions, ... all that stuff.
I don't know if 20% is correct, but I feel it's very close to it. I also think a lot of internet arguments happen as a direct result of miscommunication. Emojis are great, but they get abused to the point that HN filters them out. Perhaps allow readers to toggle if they want to see emojis or not?
Re: Can text be made to sound more than just its words? (2022)
#10I've always wondered about this. In Akan languages it is not difficult to conceive of how the same word can be written in different ways to convey another dimension. Anyone who speaks an akan language will understand that each of these words below means good but with a slightly different emphasis. papa papaaapa papapapapapa What is the linguistic term for this concept?
Apparently, it's called partial reduplication or emphatic doubling.
Thanks, that is helpful.
Chatgpt also explained the concept of ideophones which was helpful:
https://chatgpt.com/share/69187b3e-7948-8001-9fea-2b4412d5a7...