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Ali Nasir 10B MR.Wotson
Introduction • One of the forms of multimodal talk is texting • Texting has captivated a whole generation of young people • Texting has become universal, it is practiced all over the world • Texting is done from mobile to mobile, by sending the text to the mobile number. • It can also be sent to many at the same time • Texting is thought to be mostly used by the young people and teenagers • The older generations feel that texting has taken the ability of writing and correct spelling to zero, they deplore what texting has done to the English language • Texting is also done as a means of advertising • Large companies text to anyone they can • Doctor surgeries and even schools like the one I study at also use texting to inform patients and parents relative information. • The language of texting has advanced so much since it had started • There are so many ways to text to each other
Paragraph 1 • People have found innovative ways of texting with using rebus abbreviation, this is where a name or a word is represented by a picture or pictures suggesting its syllables • They are like puzzles • Punctuation marks and brackets are used to show emotions. We can see this in transcript 1. :) seen upright they mean nothing but look at them sideways and it is a smiling face • Other symbols and numbers are used like &, @, 4, 8.
Paragraph 2 • The use of abbreviated and shortened forms of words saves time in texting and also shortens texts to keep mobile bills at a