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You’ve got sp@m: a textual analysis of unsolicited Japanese dating invitation mails

You’ve got sp@m: a textual analysis of unsolicited Japanese dating invitation mails AbstractThis paper analyzes the language of Japanese spam mails. Specialfocus is on one specific type of spam: make-believe dating invitations by womenlooking for physical relationships with male partners. A corpus of 434 spammails was compiled between 2009 and 2012. Looking at two of these messagesin detail, the paper examines the specific properties of this type of spam. Theseinclude linguistic features commonly associated with computer-mediated communication(CMC) and Japanese women’s language. Their function is to increasethe “authenticity” of the messages. In a second step, I analyze how spam mailwriters in their messages deal with the problem of portraying female sexualityand desire, with a special focus on the role of linguistic taboos and transgressionsthereof. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Japan de Gruyter

You’ve got sp@m: a textual analysis of unsolicited Japanese dating invitation mails

Backhaus, Peter
Contemporary Japan , Volume 25 (1): 16 – Mar 1, 2013
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AbstractThis paper analyzes the language of Japanese spam mails. Specialfocus is on one specific type of spam: make-believe dating invitations by womenlooking for physical relationships with male partners. A corpus of 434 spammails was compiled between 2009 and 2012. Looking at two of these messagesin detail, the paper examines the specific properties of this type of spam. Theseinclude linguistic features commonly associated with computer-mediated communication(CMC) and Japanese women’s language. Their function is to increasethe “authenticity” of the messages. In a second step, I analyze how spam mailwriters in their messages deal with the problem of portraying female sexualityand desire, with a special focus on the role of linguistic taboos and transgressionsthereof.

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Contemporary Japan – de Gruyter

Published: Mar 1, 2013

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