Defining the Filipino texter and texting style: A sociolinguistic analysis of text messaging in the Philippines

• Main Author: Rojo-Laurilla, Mildred A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2004
• Subjects: Text messages (Cell phone systems); Electronic mail messages; Personal communication service systems; Mobile communication systems.; Applied Linguistics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/67; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_doctoral/article/1066/viewcontent/CDTG003833_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The study aimed at understanding and explaining the sociolinguistic dynamics of text messaging (texting or SMS) within the Philippine context. Using the theoretical framework of Hymes (1974) the ethnography of speaking, the Filipino texters text messages were described in terms of: (1) setting, (2)...