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4.2 Semiotics of Compensation
The following examples introduce phenomena categorized as semiot-
ics of compensation.
(21) A: Jæja krakkar, hverjir eru til í spurningarbombuna á
þriðjudaginn, með L-L-L-Loga bergmann. (...).
B: Haaaaaa?
C: Takk en nei, takk.
A: Þar að segja að koma sem áhorfendur.
D: hahahaha... fáum við peninga..??
A: já og utanlandsferð
D: hells to the yeahh
C: Ég vil fara til Fijii...27
(22) A: prufan gekk sjúklega vel og ég er komin með
vinnu á Vegó! woop woop!!
B: Til hamingju!!!
C: NICE! Til hamingju!
D: Æði, til hamingju! Hlakka til að koma í kokteilA til
þín;-)
A: takk öll :-D hlakka til að fá þig í kokteilA til mín! :-)
E: geggjað :-D28
Semiotics of compensation are mainly introduced through laughter and
emoticons as well as expressive punctuation and forms of written
prosody, for example through the capitalization of words.
Table 2 shows the distribution of types and tokens of the strategies
used for the compensation of non-verbal features of interaction.
Expressive Emoti- cons Written prosody Verbal-
punctua- tion Foreign based Icelandic ized laughter
Types Tokens Types Tokens Types Tokens Types Tokens Types Tokens
6 116 12 86 11 12 28 33 3 31
Total number of types/tokens 6/116 12/86 39/45 3/31
Table 2. Semiotics of Compensation: Categories are expressive punctuation, emoti-
cons, written prosody and verbalized laughter. Written prosody is subdivided into
foreign based words and Icelandic words. The last row shows the total number of
types and tokens.
27 In (21), the attendance of a quiz show is topic of the conversation.
28 In (22), the participants congratulate A on a successful job interview.