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