Change in language in the textiles industry.
I have collected a number of articles and pieces of writing to do with textiles, half are pieces of writing to do with fabrics that are made from natural fibers and the other half about synthetic fibers and smart materials. Each piece of writing is to inform and maybe entertain the reader and i have rolled a dice to select the writing I will analyse.
Reliability
-The data is all collected from modern day articles even if the article is about fashion in the 1500's the language is still different.
-Data is collected from different sources, websites, books, first hand research.
-Every piece of writing is to inform someone about the textiles.
Comparability
-The language change between when we only had clothes made out of natural fibers to when science made a huge influence in the textile world and synthetic fibers were invented and smart materials were introduced.
Friday, 26 September 2014
Monday, 22 September 2014
Methodology ideas for investigations.
Investigate replacements of paralinguistic features within texts.
Take a huge sample of different texts, this will ensure reliability.
Will have to maybe make sure the subject the texts are about are the same?
However it could indicate different ages use different features or gender may effect the paralinguistic features.
Choose random texts to write about by numbering them and rolling a dice to choose. However still talk about the ones that stand out afterwards eg:'if I included text ? in this it would....'
Have to make sure everyone's texts used have said its okay to use them.
Try and mitigate the observers paradox by getting permission then talking about things and after a while of talking start talking of the subject I want and hopefully they will have forgotten that I'm going to be using their texts.
This could work as I have family that live in different countries and friends from all over the country however getting enough texts to ensure it is reliable would be difficult.
Investigate the language used by websites that are aimed at different ages.
Look at a website aimed at a primary school student (CBBC) and a website aimed at a older generation (BBC Iplayer) can look at the pages layouts, language used, links, adverts ect.
May have to look at other websites, but they will have to be similar like these two are TV programmes from the same channel aimed at different audiences to ensure its fair. And will have to make sure the websites are aimed at the same ages eg primary children and adults.
This could work however it might be difficult to find lots of websites to ensure its reliable.
Take a huge sample of different texts, this will ensure reliability.
Will have to maybe make sure the subject the texts are about are the same?
However it could indicate different ages use different features or gender may effect the paralinguistic features.
Choose random texts to write about by numbering them and rolling a dice to choose. However still talk about the ones that stand out afterwards eg:'if I included text ? in this it would....'
Have to make sure everyone's texts used have said its okay to use them.
Try and mitigate the observers paradox by getting permission then talking about things and after a while of talking start talking of the subject I want and hopefully they will have forgotten that I'm going to be using their texts.
This could work as I have family that live in different countries and friends from all over the country however getting enough texts to ensure it is reliable would be difficult.
Investigate the language used by websites that are aimed at different ages.
Look at a website aimed at a primary school student (CBBC) and a website aimed at a older generation (BBC Iplayer) can look at the pages layouts, language used, links, adverts ect.
May have to look at other websites, but they will have to be similar like these two are TV programmes from the same channel aimed at different audiences to ensure its fair. And will have to make sure the websites are aimed at the same ages eg primary children and adults.
This could work however it might be difficult to find lots of websites to ensure its reliable.
Monday, 15 September 2014
Ideas for coursework.
1) I could look at news articles from right wing and left wing newspapers about David Cameron becoming prime minister and compare the different language used.
2) I could look at news articles from American news papers and British news papers about the assassination of Osama Bin Laden.
I'm more interested in articles and written sources. Rather then spoken language.
2) I could look at news articles from American news papers and British news papers about the assassination of Osama Bin Laden.
I'm more interested in articles and written sources. Rather then spoken language.
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
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