Also known as SMS language, text language consists of the abbreviations and slang often used in texting and some other internet-based conversations, such as casual messaging through …
Often consists of abbreviations and slang often used in texting over the phone and other internet-based conversations. Below is a chart of typical abbreviations that are often used in the …
It is considered an informal written language, much like slang, which is an informal spoken variety of the language. This paper uses the term “texting language” (TL) to mean all these kinds of …
Then you start sending text messages and having online chat conversations with your friends in English and you discover a whole new language – abbreviations and acronyms!
Students do lots of texting in their L1 and are often keen to learn how to text in English too. In this lesson students have a discussion, learn some useful texting abbreviations and read an article …
Salomé Geertsema, Charene Hyman and Chantelle van Deventer [email protected] g, used as a means of mobile phone text messaging. This practice may impact on the written …
Concerns over effects of ‘textisms’ on literacy have been reinforced by research identifying processing costs associated with reading textisms. But to what extent do such studies reflect …