Intro to Semiotics Part 3: Performativity, Multifunctionality and Trolling

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...)