A Morpho-graphological Description of Alphanumerical English Words in SMS Text Messages in Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 2
Abstract
SMS, which is said to be extremely interactive and dynamic, has been observed to convey one‟s thoughts to another. Whenever a sender of a message uses numerals and alphabets to form a word and send to a receiver, it is now left for the recipient to decipher the intended meaning of the message. Though, SMS text messages most often come in written form, but it is has been argued in the literatures that the spoken form of language predate the written form. Numerals and alphabets have replaced sound meanings in most of the SMS messages sent on telephones, even e-mails are not exceptional. The main concern of this paper therefore, is to investigate how words are formed in SMS messages with the use alphabets and numerals to convey the intended meaning to the recipient. Data analysis shows that numerals, alphabets and wrong symbols have overridden the usual phonetic symbols even when students write examination essays. To most Nigerian users of English, this type of writing convention is presumably acceptable in examinations at different levels of academic, even up to higher citadel of learning.
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OJO George Adekunle
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