Via Scoop.it – Metaglossia: The Translation World
Canadian researchers are calling for people to donate their text messages for study, as interest over digital communication’s impact on language continues. … … one researcher recorded 29 different text shortcuts for the word “tomorrow,” concluding using textisms required more sophisticated literacy skills. In addition, textese may actually boost children’s writing and reading skills, because the study found children who are good at quickly creating and interpreting textisms are also proficient at spelling and reading familiar and novel words.
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