LINGUIST List 25.1201
Mon
Mar 10 2014
Qs: Online questionnaire
- SMS language
Editor for this issue:
Alex Isotalo <alxlinguistlist.org>
Date: 07-Mar-2014
From: Katarzyna Polakowska
<polakowska_22
hotmail.com>
Subject: Online questionnaire
- SMS language
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Dear colleagues,
I am studying English Language and Linguistics
at the University of Vienna.
I am currently working on my Master thesis. The
topic of my thesis is : The linguistic
creativity of LOLspeak and Textspeak.
My topic area is the language of the Internet
with a focus on the linguistic issues of
Textspeak and LOLspeak. In particular, I
examine the effects of character limitations on
linguistic choices in each genre.
Concerning the empirical part of my thesis, I
would like to create my own corpus by
collecting real examples of SMS messages. I am
planning to collect a sample of private text
messages of native speakers of English, because
native speakers of English are more likely to
use non-standard English, so we can predict
that they are more sensitive to the nuances of
the language style characteristics of
Textspeak.
I have already designed a questionnaire in
which I ask to share real SMS messages and for
sociolinguistic information, such as gender,
age, nationality, the purpose of the message,
the intended recipient of the message, and the
participants’ frequency of texting.
I would like to invite all native speakers of
English to participate in my project. I would
be grateful if you could spread the
questionnaire to fellow faculty in at your and
other institutions.
I assure the anonymity of individual text
messages and also agree to thank those
participants who wish to reveal their real
names, in the acknowledgements of my
thesis.
If you have any questions about my project ,
please contact me at polakowska_22
hotmail.com
Here is the link to my study:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K9T3N8N
Best regards,
Katarzyna
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Subject Language(s):
English (eng)
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