Metaphonology in text messages

dc.contributor.authorKul, Małgorzata
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-03T07:07:12Z
dc.date.available2013-01-03T07:07:12Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe proliferation of mobile phones has introduced a phenomenon known as text messaging, which has prompted the dynamic and rapid growth of a new quality of the English language. One of the characteristics of text messages is the extensive use of metaphonological phenomena, like in the following instances: ROTFL (rolling on the floor laughing), 2nite (tonight) B4 (before) and coz (because). The paper is organized in the following way: first, an introduction to the phenomenon of text messages is presented. Then, metaphonological phenomena such as acronyms, blendings, the ABC language and simplified orthography are illustrated and discussed. The paper concludes that text messages creatively exploit the existing metaphonological phenomena due the medium’s specific properties which are a 148-160 characters protocol and the numeric phone keypad rather than as a form of puns or word play.pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationKul, Malgorzata. 2007a. “Metaphonology in text messages”. In: Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Tomasz Pludowski, and Dolores Valencia Tanno (eds.), The media and international communication. MediaCom. Lódz Studies in Language. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 429-442.pl_PL
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/4109
dc.language.isoen_USpl_PL
dc.publisherLódz Studies in Language. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.pl_PL
dc.subjecttext messagespl_PL
dc.subjecttextesepl_PL
dc.subjectmetaphonologypl_PL
dc.subjectacronymspl_PL
dc.subjectblendingspl_PL
dc.subjectABC languagepl_PL
dc.subjectsimplified orthographypl_PL
dc.subjectgraphemepl_PL
dc.titleMetaphonology in text messagespl_PL
dc.typeRozdział z książkipl_PL

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