As I collected more data for my investigation, I had realised that the majority of the text samples that I have collected, do use some kind of 'text talk'. However, this does not just include abbreviations, but the use of 'u' in the place of 'you'. I have also noticed with the older age group of texters that rubuses are used very frequently, such as 'c u' (see you) which was quite commonly used throughout most of the texts I had collected but had not occurred in the younger age group of texts. As well as this, the over 40 texters have also shortened many of the words they have written such as 'txt' instead of 'text'. This may be because of the types of phones being used by the different age groups like I had mentioned in my earlier post, the younger age group may have more up to date phones while the older range group may have stuck with phones that they know and have an older model of phone. This could also be because of the issue of speed when texting.
Not all of the texts in the older age group data consisted of rebuses, abbreviations, etc. There were two out of the ten texts that had been written with a more standardised style of language so my hypothesis wasn't completely correct, however the majority of the texts that I had collected showed my hypothesis as true due to the fact that nine out of the ten texts from my data has shown that the younger texters under the age of 20 have used a standardised style of language in their text which does support my hypothesis much more. However, what I have also noticed from the under 20's texts, is that they have written in an exclamatory manner but most tend not to use commas in between sentences to make the sentences grammatically correct. This may be an issue of speed where the texter finds it quicker if they don't add certain punctuation.
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