Month: September 2015

English Homework

September 29, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Analysing text messages

“???”

Text messages are a form of electronic communication,therefor the are no human contact. This means there will be no paralinguistic features.Emoticons replace this since there is no words,just a symbol that us humans know.

Emoticons are also used to express the users feeling.You may be able to do this using word but emoticons are there to be more interesting
E.g:??? rather than “I love this”

“Wassssup”

This reason there are repeated letters in the the word is to add emphasis to the word this grabs the attention of the listener. Another reason why there is more emphasis is because the group have a good relationship,this means the writer feel comfortable to be informal

English homework

September 23, 2015 / / 1 Comment

“With you bruv yeah”

There has been many changes to standard English and the word “bruv” is slang for the word brother or friend and despite the fact that it is lazy,it is mainly used by south Londoners because of its efficiently .The reason why the character in the transcript is using the word “Bruv” is because people in the group understand the word.This is known as an idiom.The group in the transcript know each other since they’re using idiomatic expressions.This may suggest their informality.

“Cuz of that”

The word cuz is a slang version of because.The reason why the speaker shortens the word is so it is efficient.”Cuz of that” is less polite than because of that, this indicates that the speaker may be angry or annoyed.