Abstract
Les logiciels d’autocomplétion ont été développés pour faciliter et accélérer la saisie au clavier et ils fonctionnent avec la plupart des logiciels de traitement de textes, mais également dans les logiciels supposant des champs de texte (messagerie, formulaires, barres de recherche et champs de navigation de l’internet, etc.). Dans cet article, nous allons réfléchir sur les enjeux de la matérialité numérique en observant le fonctionnement des logiciels d’autocomplétion qui remettent en question la relation entre contrainte et possibilité au sein des pratiques d’écriture numérique. Nous allons nous pencher tout particulièrement sur la plasticité du signifiant linguistique, analysé sous l’angle de la matérialité numérique, tout en tenant compte de deux approches complémentaires – la sémiotique et la linguistique des textes et des discours – et deux niveaux d’observation – des mots au texte et du texte au genre – développés autour d’un seul objet d’analyse, en mobilisant les notions de norme,
Autocomplete or word completion software has been developed to facilitate and accelerate keyboard input and it works with most word processing software, but also in software that involves text fields (messaging, forms, search bars and text fields, internet browsing, etc.). In this article, we will deal about the challenges of digital materiality by observing the functioning of autocompletion software which calls into question the relationship between constraint and possibility within digital writing practices. We are going to observe in particular the plasticity of the linguistic signifier, analyzed from the point of view of digital materiality, while taking into account two complementary approaches - the semiotics and the linguistics of texts and speeches - and two levels of observation - from words to text and from text to genre - developed around a single object of analysis, mobilizing notions of standard, usage, token, but also those of sign, text, genre. usage, occurrence, mais aussi celles de signe, texte, genre.
Autocomplete or word completion software has been developed to facilitate and accelerate keyboard input and it works with most word processing software, but also in software that involves text fields (messaging, forms, search bars and text fields, internet browsing, etc.). In this article, we will deal about the challenges of digital materiality by observing the functioning of autocompletion software which calls into question the relationship between constraint and possibility within digital writing practices. We are going to observe in particular the plasticity of the linguistic signifier, analyzed from the point of view of digital materiality, while taking into account two complementary approaches - the semiotics and the linguistics of texts and speeches - and two levels of observation - from words to text and from text to genre - developed around a single object of analysis, mobilizing notions of standard, usage, token, but also those of sign, text, genre. usage, occurrence, mais aussi celles de signe, texte, genre.
Translated title of the contribution | Constraints and challenges of digital materiality: autocompletion software |
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Original language | French |
Pages (from-to) | 123-144 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Semen - Revue de sémio-linguistique des textes et discours |
Issue number | 49 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Word completion
- Digital materiality
- Standard
- Usage
- Genre tags
- Genre
- Norme
- Mots-clés
- Autocomplétion
- Matérialité numérique