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TY  - THES
AU  - Gretenkort, Tobias
TI  - The semiotics of consensus : impact of network topology on communication strategies in Spanish language interaction networks
VL  - 2
PB  - RWTH Aachen University
VL  - Dissertation
CY  - Lausanne
M1  - RWTH-2023-10231
SN  - 978-3-631-90207-3
T2  - Sprache und Digitalkultur
SP  - 313 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme
PY  - 2023
N1  - Dissertation, RWTH Aachen University, 2021
AB  - This book draws from graph theory and a semiotic comparison between language and distributed ledger technologies to motivate three experiments on language and network structure. The work explores the importance of this concept in different areas of linguistic research and establishes elements of a tentative linguistics of networks. Its empirical investigation is based on data from threads posted to the imageboard Hispachan, which often displays radicalized language and hate speech. The experiments (based on topic modeling and sentiment analysis) reveal an impact of the network structure of interaction on the interaction itself as well as the use of ingroup signalling and emotionally charged vocabulary to expand the network of interaction.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)11 ; PUB:(DE-HGF)3
UR  - https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/972542
ER  -