(._.)/ dont 4get 2 txt me plz! Linguistic and Discoursal Features of Short Message Service by Female Texters

Abstract

The practicality and limited space of SMS have become features encouraging the emergence of various forms of SMS language. An analysis of SMS from 20 Acehnese female students in the University of Syiah Kuala was therefore carried out to inspect the elements of language employed within the text messages. The data of 110 SMS gathered through a mobile device were thoroughly analyzed and later categorized into linguistics and discoursal features. The result showed that female students tend to write about their psychological conditions in SMS by employing logogram and pictogram. A number of findings on omitted letters and nonstandard spelling were also indicated in their SMS. They rarely used initialism and shortening in writing the text messages because it is believed that these features can diminish intelligibility. These females also wrote complex messages and employed various languages into their text messages, including the national language (Indonesian), the language of their religion (Arabic), the language from media influence (Japanese), and their mother tongue (Acehnese). Their circumstance of being multilingual has expanded their linguistic performance in employing, typing, and inventing lively SMS. It is also interesting to discover that these texters created new symbols that are not generally found in SMS to identify their reciprocal relationship of the same culture and belief.

Generational Differences Related to Linguistic and Discourse Features of WhatsApp Users of Texting

“…Data 2 that produced by generation Y used some form of mumble such as hmhmhmhm for opening and sometimes to make sense of a statement. The finding is in line with [7] which states that logogram was to condense words. By using a logogram, it can be concluded that both generations (Gen-X and Gen-Y) want to convey the same message as when they delivered it when communicating face to face.…”

“…This implies messaging likewise has talk markers of facial pictures framed using joined accentuation images that unequivocally demonstrate individuals' mentalities and emotions, for example, those found in talking styles. The information was then examined and arranged into the classes of phonetic and discoursal highlights of SMS by Crystal (2008) Heidari and Alibabaee (2013) and ) and Yusuf et al [7]. In the parts of phonetic highlights, we alluded to Crystal's ( 2008) and [7] characteristics; they are logogram, pictogram, overlooked letters, nonstandard spelling, initialism, shortening, and certifiable oddities.…”

“…The information was then examined and arranged into the classes of phonetic and discoursal highlights of SMS by Crystal (2008) Heidari and Alibabaee (2013) and ) and Yusuf et al [7]. In the parts of phonetic highlights, we alluded to Crystal's ( 2008) and [7] characteristics; they are logogram, pictogram, overlooked letters, nonstandard spelling, initialism, shortening, and certifiable oddities. In the wake of dissecting the measures of semantic highlights by Qualitative Data Analysis Software, we utilized an unassuming factual equation to change over the recurrence of sum into a type of a rate.…”

“…Later in 2016, [5] found that female university students used various linguistic and discourse features in their use of SMS. The study focused on text messages from female students' in the 20 -23 age range.…”

Feminism Values in the Posters of Yogyakarta’s Students Demonstration: The #Gejayanmemanggil

“…Lakoff is not endorsing but simply describing a culture-wide ideology that scorns and trivializes both women and their ways of speaking, while scholars continue to debate the concept of women's language. As continuing until now, another study from Yusuf, Natsir, and Yusra (2016) have revealed that women's language is seen as inferior and something that stands out from the norm. Hence, there is a term called the feminist language, which refers to the effort, often of political and grassroots movements, to change how language is used to gender people, activities, and ideas on an individual and societal level.…”