The spread of text
messages is causing great alarm to educational authorities all over the world.
More and more often, we find sms language on projects, written work or tests.
Students have to be conscious that this type of language is just for mobile phone
use. Here we have a description of this kind of language, together with some
news on the effects of sms language on standard written language and a glosary
on mobile phone texting terms.
SMS language (also
known as chatspeak, txt, txtspk, texting language or txt talk) is the English
language slang used in mobile phone SMS. It is an abbreviated form of English.
This type of language has been alleged to not obey or follow standard English
grammar; furthermore, the words used in the writing system can’t be found in
standard dictionaries. The invention of mobile phone messages may be considered
as its source, although elliptical styles of writing dating back to at least
the days of telegraphese. There are no standard rules for writing SMS
languages. The objective of txt is to use the fewest number of characters
needed to convey a comprehensible message. Hence, punctuation, grammar, and
capitalization are largely ignored.
The rising popularity
of text messaging on cell phones poses a threat to writing standards among
Irish schoolchildren, an education commission says. The frequency of errors in
grammar and punctuation has become a serious concern, the State Examination
Commission said in a report after reviewing last year’s exam performance by
15-year-olds.
“The emergence of the
mobile phone and the rise of text messaging as a popular means of communication
would appear to have impacted on standards of writing as evidenced in the
responses of candidates,” the report said, according to Wednesday’s Irish
Times. “Text messaging, with its use of phonetic spelling and little or no
punctuation, seems to pose a threat to traditional conventions in writing.”
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