Author(s): Ágnes DOMONKOSI

Title: ROLES OF SOCIAL DEIXIS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION DURING THE QUARANTINE PERIOD

Source: Sz. Simon (ed.): 12th International Conference of J. Selye University. Language and Literacy Section. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-376-1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/3761.2020.45

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2020, 45-56

Published on-line: 2020

Language: en

Abstract: The goal of the paper is to explore possible roles of social deixis, its practices and functioning in teacher-student interactions in the context of digital teaching, which became everyday routine during the quarantine situation that emerged in spring 2020. Social deixis, i.e. the use of T/V, address forms, greetings and operations for presenting persons in discourse play a key part in the organization of social relations. In digital interactions lacking personal presence, impression-making and face-creation have a more strongly linguistic basis, with the result that acts of social deixis play an even more prominent role than in direct, personal communication. In the paper, the social deictic elements of online lessons are presented on the basis of structured observation, while the practices of teacher-student written digital interaction are described by a systematic analysis of a database comprising the material and message exchanges of Google classrooms.

Keywords: distance learning, online lessons, written practices, social deixis, address forms, greetings

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