The Sociolinguistics of Texted English Among Bilingual College Students in Malaysia (original) (raw)
University students in Malaysia are avid texters and are reinventing English to accommodate the 160-character limit of short messages. They are more interested in getting their messages across and becoming less concerned about correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. Since texting has become a way of life of many students, the research was initiated to examine the three sociolinguistics maxims of English text messages among university texters and the orthographic forms of English text messages of Malaysian university students. 264 students of UiTM Perlis were selected as participants. They were 94 male texters and 170 female texters aged between 18-22 years old who studied three different English courses. The participants’ SMS messages were analyzed by using measuring instruments of Orthographic forms (Shortis, 2001) and maxims of sociolinguistics (Grice, 1975). The findings reveal that the texters fulfill the three maxims of pragmatics and the orthographic forms are the combinati...
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