SMS Communication
A linguistic approach
The media often point an accusatory finger at new technologies; they suggest that there is always a loss of information or quality, or even that computer-mediated communication is destroying language. Most linguists, on the contrary, are firmly convinced that it is better to consider language as an evolving and changing entity. From this point of view, language is a social tool that has to be studied in-depth through the prism of objectivity, as a process in motion which is influenced by new social and technological stakes, rather than as a fading organism. In this volume we study and describe the societal phenomenon of SMS writing in its full complexity. The aim of this volume is threefold: to present recent linguistic research in the field of SMS communication; to inform the reader about existing large SMS corpora and processing tools and, finally, to display the many linguistic aspects that can be studied via a corpus of text messages.
These articles were previously published in Lingvisticae Investigationes Vol. 35:2 (2012).
Table of Contents
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ForewordDavid Crystal | pp. 1–2
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IntroductionLouise-Amélie Cougnon and Cédrick Fairon | pp. 3–10
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Articles
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Seek&Hide: Anonymising a French SMS corpus using natural language processing techniquesPierre Accorsi, Namrata Patel, Cédric Lopez, Rachel Panckhurst and Mathieu Roche | pp. 11–28
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SMS experience and textisms in young adolescents: Presentation of a longitudinally collected corpusJosie Bernicot, Olga Volckaert-Legrier, Antonine Goumi and Alain Bert-Erboul | pp. 29–45
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Automatic or Controlled Writing? The Effect of a Dual Task on SMS Writing in Novice and Expert AdolescentsCéline Combes, Olga Volckaert-Legrier and Pierre Largy | pp. 47–65
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Development of SMS language from 2000 to 2010: A comparison of two corporaÚrsula Kirsten-Torrado | pp. 67–85
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Texto4Science: A Quebec French database of annotated text messagesPhilippe Langlais and Patrick Drouin | pp. 87–109
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SMS communication as plurilingual communication: Hybrid language use as a challenge for classical code-switching categoriesÉtienne Morel, Claudia Bucher, Simona Pekarek Doehler and Beat Siebenhaar | pp. 111–139
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French text messages: From SMS data collection to preliminary analysisRachel Panckhurst and Claudine Moïse | pp. 141–168
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A sociolinguistic analysis of transnational SMS practices: Non-elite multilingualism, grassroots literacy and social agency among migrant populations in BarcelonaMaria Sabaté Dalmau | pp. 169–190
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Negation marking in French text messagesElisabeth Stark | pp. 191–215
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“i didn’t spel that wrong did i. Oops”: Analysis and normalisation of SMS spelling variationCaroline Tagg, Alistair Baron and Paul Rayson | pp. 217–237
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Lol, mdr and ptdr: An inclusive and gradual approach to discourse markersDeniz Uygur-Distexhe | pp. 239–263
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Index | pp. 265–267