Abstract in Englisch:

In this p ap er, we examine the usage of ellip sis p oints (EP) in two genres of comp uter-mediated communication (CM C) using corp ora. In two studies, we describe and comp are the formal and functional characteristics of EP usage in WhatsAp p chats and on Wikip edia talk p ages. (1) We p resent a ty p ology of p ragmatic functions of EP in WhatsAp p interactions that has been derived from the analy sis of a corp us samp le and discuss how the p ractices of EP usage in these data originate from traditions of writing. (2) We investigate ty p ograp hic and allograp hic variation of EP on Wikip edia talk p ages and examine whether the categories resulting from study 1 also fit for this type of CM C discourse. Our analy zes show that EP are frequently used for the sequential organization of written interactions and relationship management between interlocutors in different CM C genres.