027830000a22003610004500 20260624064315.0 210225s2003 my f m 000 0 eng d UIAM eng rda eng a-my--- Azura Abdul Razak author Speech acts in computer-mediated communication / by Azura Abdul Razak Kuala Lumpur : Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Azura Abdul Razak xii, 55 leaves ; 30 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia computer rdamedia volume rdacarrier online resource rdacarrier text file PDF rdaft Abstracts in English and Arabic. "A thesis paper submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Human Sciences in Language Studies." --On title page. Thesis (MHSCESL)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2003. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-50). This research is on speech acts in computer-mediated communication (CMC), particularly Internet Relay Chat (IRC). IRC is classified as a synchronous communication which has its own set of rules that sometimes differ from that of both written and spoken communication. The researcher has based her study on a Malaysian based chat room, chat.mystar.com. Forty pages of chat sessions were printed for data, and these were analyzed word for word to seek types of speech acts used by chatters. The research sought the answers to two questions. The first one is pertaining to what the range of use of speech acts in CMC is. It was discovered that the range of speech acts is quite limited, though topics of conversation did play a big role in the use of speech acts by the chatters. The second question is whether there are any particular types of speech acts that are predominant. The researcher found out that speech acts of expressives and directives had predominance over other speech acts, but, again, this was based on the topics discussed by the chatters. These findings show that speech acts do exist in CMC, but the use of the speech acts are very topic based. Theses, IIUM local 64 19519 Dissertations, Academic Department of English Language and Literature IIUM Adrian E. Hare degree supervisor International Islamic University Malaysia Department of English Language and Literature 169 https://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/entities/publication/3997e9f9-2315-4a34-990c-28c0f7e06cdc sz to nbm lcc THESIS 441502 471471 0 0 lcc 0 5 IIUMTHESIS IIUM IIUM MULTIMEDIA 2025-03-04 0.00 XX(566294.1) 11100425445 2026-03-10 23:18:22 1 0.00 THESIS