Muhannad Alharthi ALA.

Jazz as an extended metaphor for social computing The article Jazz as an extended metaphor for social computing is an academic article that delves into portraying the interrelation bet een !azz and social computing. The author uses metaphorical language to brainstorm the mind of a reader in evaluating the connections bet een the t o social aspects. Moreover" #ocial computing is a communication platform that enhances simultaneous exchange of ideas among virtual correspondents. $n the other hand" Jazz music is a social aspect of conveying information to a certain group. %nformation form Jazz music is combination social aspects that are harmonized to produce a certain message to the intended audience. Moreover" the author notes that both !azz music and social computing audiences receive direct feedbac& based on merit 'McLeran" ())*+. Jazz music performers receive feedbac& through cheering or clapping hile social computing platform provides the parties ith instant reply of the message conveyed. ,or this reason" this essay identifies and analyzes the linguistic and textual patterns in this article. %n addition" the essay explains ho they contribute to the conventions of academic riting as ell as an

academic tone of the article. The author-s tactical approach to use metaphor to portray the interconnection bet een !azz music and social computing is an essential factor in academic language and thus holds the platform for creativity and innovation. %n every article there are distinguishing ords that define the main themes discussed in the essay. These vocabularies cannot be uses in any other context different from the title of the essay.

This is a language pattern that enables the reader.s mind to remain relevant to the message in the essay. #pecialized vocabularies help the author to avoid repetition of the title of the essay. %n the article Jazz as an extended metaphor of social computing" the author uses the vocabulary /social computing- in almost every paragraph to emphasize the theme of the essay to the audience. %n addition" the author too& a repetitive approach on the noun Jazz to support the audience in understanding the interrelation or connection bet een !azz and social computing. $ther notable repeated vocabularies used by the author to maintain consistency in the essay include contributor and content. The former is not a vocabulary but rather acts as improper noun to represent the audience in Jazz music and social computing. ,or instance" 0 easily find 1uality content" contributors ho consistently provide 1uality content are given increasingly higher social status and ran& 'McLeran" ())*+. The author had also engaged his essay in use of contractions to enhance the flo of information for easier understanding. 2ontractions include use of initials or

pronouns in hich that made him avoid repetition of some ords. 3se of contractions is very delicate because some contract ords may share the same initials or pronouns" thus resulted in ambiguity of the information. Additionally" the author had used contraction %-ll0 as contraction for % ill to enhance sentence structure. 3se of contractions is commonly used in academic papers especially here names of organizations and scientific information feature fre1uently. 4o ever" this type of contraction considered as lazy riting" in hich the author ould be too lazy to rite the hole ord or ords.

The author had also used simple sub!ect in a sentence" and combined it ith the noun phrase as the sub!ect. ,or instance" The audience... is a simple sub!ect and the article the indicates that the author is discussing particular audience. Another textual structure of simple sub!ect is The contributed content.... ,urther" the author fre1uently notes the ord social computing in most paragraphs to inculcate the mind of the learner about the consistency of the articles ob!ective. %n other ords" that helped the reader to understand the reason behind riting this essay. %n terms of sentence complexity" e could identify the use of both complex and

simple sentences throughout this article. #imple and complex sentences have dominated in this article. The author had used simple sentences to reflect on the process of research in the article as accurate as possible. %n other ords" he as trying to detail every possible thing in the article. Additionally" he had used a variety of simple sentences that have independent clauses ithout dependent clauses. ,or instance" one of the simple sentences that the author used is ,or most social computing contexts" this feedbac& 'bet een a social computing contributor 'a blogger" commenter" etc.+ and the audience+ 'or reader+ exists 'in some form+. the other simple sentence in the article is ',or social computing"+ this process of theoretical deconstruction and imposed formalism is in its beginning stages" among other simple sentences. All the simple sentences that the author had used express a full thoughts. Apart from using simple sentences in his article" the author had also used a variety of complex sentences. The complex sentences that the author had used have independent clauses and at least one dependent clauses connected to them. The main characteristic of all the dependent clauses that the author has used is that they are

similar to the independent clauses" but lac& the elements that ould ma&e them complete sentences. ,or instance" one of the complex sentences that the author has used in his article is $n amazon.com" the audience is as&ed ho submitted revie much a given user5

as helpful. The other example of complex sentence in the article is

$n other social computing sites" li&e delicious.com" appreciation is indicated by the number of people 6 ho tagged or boo&mar&ed a particular piece of content7 'McLeran" ())*+. #o" these complex sentences made the text hard to understand. Another result from using lots of complex sentences is ambiguity. Although these complex sentences caused some ambiguity" in some ays these complex sentences ere helping the reader to comprehend the text as they detailed every thing. 8egarding to the adverb fre1uency and placement" the author has used a variety of fre1uency adverbs such as li&ely" consistently" spontaneously" easily" and increasingly" among others. The placement of these adverbs in the sentences varies" and differs. ,or instance" he has placed the adverbs spontaneously" consistently" and easily before the verb in both independent and dependent clauses. The adverbs li&ely and increasingly had been used after the main verbs in both direct and indirect clauses. Throughout his article" the author had used many adverbial clauses than ad!ective clauses. The author had also used personal pronouns in the article. A careful analysis of the article tills that the author has not used direct and indirect 1uotes. %nstead" he had paraphrased the information in his o n the articles he used in his argument. 2oncerning the use of linguistic and textual patterns" this article 1ualifies as an educational or scholarly article9 because of the ay the author had used these patterns ords" hich indicates that he fully understand

throughout the article to pass the information. %t is easy to comprehend the content of the article. ,irstly" the connection of sentences throughout the article is proper. The sentences used in the article are simple and complex" and hence this satisfies the ob!ective of passing the information. ,or instance" there are statements ith simple structures as e point out previously. The author has used simple statements to give a basic introduction ithin the article. 4o ever" as the need arises for the author to describe intensively some of the research concepts" he used complex sentences. This cooperative organization of the ideas defines the significance of this article. ,rom the above discussion" it is obvious that linguistic and textual patterns contribute to an academic tone as ell as conventions of academic riting of this article. The use of linguistic and textual patterns had made the author present information in a logical method here he has built the overall meaning in a step5by5step. Therefore" this has contributed to the academic tone of the article. %n addition" the utilization of linguistic and textual patterns in this article has produced connectives" hich has lin&ed the ideas of the author. The use of these patterns has allo ed the author to form and !ustify his &no ledge about !azz music" hich has contributed to an academic tone and conventions of academic riting of the article.

8eference list

McLeran" A. '())*" May+. Jazz as an Extended Metaphor for Social Computing . 8etrieved from http:;;transliteracies.english.ucsb.edu;post;research5 pro!ect;research5clearinghouse5individual;research5reports;!azz5as5an5extended5 metaphor5for5social5computing.