Does the nature of digital innovation place cultural heritage institutions at risk of becoming redundant?

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Digital Innovation and Cultural Heritage Institutions

If the hashtag symbol (#) is punctuation and a hashtag can express emotive comment, it follows that the hashtag can function as exclamation mark.


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Read the blog post here: https://simonereading.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/punctuation-on-social-media-the-hashtag-as-exclamation-mark/

References


Caleffi, P 2015, ‘The ‘hashtag’: A new word or a new rule?, SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 46-69 


Zappavigna, M 2015a, ‘Searchable talk: the linguistic functions of hashtags’, Social Semiotics, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 274-291


Zappavigna, M 2015b, ‘Searchable talk: the linguistic functions of hashtags in tweets about Schapelle Corby’, Global Media Journal: Australian edition, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 27-37


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