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The pragmatics of text messaging : making meaning in messages / Michelle A. McSweeney.

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"This book provides a comprehensive linguistic exploration of textism use by bilingual young adults, illustrating the function of alternative and creative linguistic features and their role in conveying tone through text. Drawing on a corpus of nearly 45,000 text messages donated by bilingual y...

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Main Author: McSweeney, Michelle A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Series:Routledge research in language and communication.
Subjects:
Teenagers > New York (State) > New York > Language.
English language > New York (State) > New York > Phraseology.
Spanish language > New York (State) > New York > Phraseology.
Text messaging (Cell phone systems)
Bilingualism.
Corpora (Linguistics)
Digital communications.
Discourse analysis.
Identity (Psychology)
Jargon (Terminology)
Language and culture.
Language and languages.
Mass media > Study and teaching.
Pragmatics.
Slang.
Sociolinguistics.

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Call Number: P40.5.T442
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