Intro to Semiotics Part 3: Performativity, Multifunctionality and Trolling

Описание: In which we cap off our introductory discussion of semiotics with the idea that language DOES stuff in addition to MEANING things. Case in point: all teh trollz.

Part 3 of a 3-part series of vlogs looking into how language and meaning function.

Part 1:    • Intro to Semiotics Part 1: Donald Trump an...  
Part 2:    • Intro to Semiotics Part 2: Sign, Myth and ...  

###

Twitter:   / electricdidact  
Reddit:   / electricdidact  
Blog/Author Site: https://electricdidact.wordpress.com/

Follow @TheLitCritGuy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLitCritGuy?ref...

TheLitCritGuy’s website: https://thelitcritguy.com/

###

Works Cited:
J.L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words, Clarendon Press, 1962

Laura M. Ahearn, Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

TEDx Talks, Why study villains, scoundrels, and rule breakers? Whitney Phillips at TEDxCCS, Dec. 19, 2013 (   • Why study villains, scoundrels, and rule b...  )

Rachel Barney, “[Aristotle], On Trolling,” Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Summer 2016 (http://journals.cambridge.org/action/...)

SEE ALSO:
Whitney Phillips, “We’re the reason we can’t have nice things on the internet,” Quartz, Dec. 29, 2015 (http://qz.com/582113/were-the-reason-...)

Louis Hébert, “The Functions of Language,” Signo, 2011 (http://www.signosemio.com/jakobson/fu...)

Gretchen McCulloch, “A Linguist Explains How We Write Sarcasm on the Internet,” The Toast, June 22, 2015 (http://the-toast.net/2015/06/22/a-lin...)

Sara Ahmed, “Declarations of Whiteness: The Non-Performativity of Anti-Racism,” Borderlands, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2004 (http://www.borderlands.net.au/vol3no2...)

Michele Zappavigna, “Searchable talk: The linguistic functions of hashtags in tweets about Schapelle Corby,” Global Media Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2015 (http://www.hca.westernsydney.edu.au/g...)

###

Assets:
J.L. Austin (http://hilobrow.com/2014/03/26/j-l-au...)

Roman Jakobson (http://alchetron.com/Roman-Jakobson-1...)

Promise (http://www.thewire.com/politics/2013/...)

Naming (http://www.simpsonsworld.com/)

Sorry (http://wifflegif.com/)

Forgive (http://giphy.com/gifs/doctorwho-docto...

###

Music:
Kai Engel, “Something,” Chapter Two / Mild, CC-BY-4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai...)