Language of SMS
SMS-Communication in Every Situation of Life
Phatic and Informational Communication'
- dating
- excuses
- love messages
- exchange of information
- to confirm appointments
- private communication
- job-related communication
- contracts, money
Language-Economy of SMS is influenced by:
- limited numer of signs (160/SMS)
- complicated way of typing in the right signs
- situation in which the SMS is sent or received
- privacy and distance of the communication participants
- regularity - irregularity
=> The objective of a text message is to use the fewest number of characters needed to put across a comprehensible message: punctuation and grammar are largely ignored and a lot of abbreviations are used
How about this?
Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there's much more to texting -- linguistically, culturally -- than it seems, and it's all good news. (source: description of Youtube Video)