CUDZYSŁÓW JAKO WYRAZ NIEPEWNOŚCI I DYSTANSU W TEKSTACH DOTYCZĄCYCH GIER KOMPUTEROWYCH
Inverted Commas as a Sign of Uncertainty and Distance in Texts Concerning Computer Games

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes one of linguistic features which are characteristic for computer games players, namely non-standard usage of inverted commas in texts concerning computer games. The author studies its usage in order to distinguish notions typical of a certain domain and to emphasize the speaker’s distance towards certain elements of his own utterances. There is a presentation of connections between the use of inverted commas and the players’ search for ways to describe the player’s interaction with some elements of the game world. The uniqueness of the language of computer game players has been presented and based on the material concerning adventure games created for personal computers (articles from selected magazines and Wielka encyclopedia gier DVD 2007 (‘Great Encyclopedia of DVD Games 2007’, game user’s manuals and opinions of players at internet forums).

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