This paper focuses on the relationship between the language
used in SMS and the standard language. It argues if there is an influence of SMS
on the language knowledge of young people. The original study (which this paper
is based on) carried out in the English-speaking environment proved that the
more text messages a teenager sends or receives, the less points s/he achieves
in the grammar test. These results are confronted with the opinions of
linguists David Crystal and Naomi Baron who doubt the influence of SMS and CMC
on language, claiming people are aware of the rules and break them
deliberately, but still are able to distinguish between formal and informal
communication codes. The paper introduces also the situation in the Czech
Republic on the example of Zdenka Hladka’s research. It turned out that the
mistakes young people make in their personal correspondence are independent on
the type of the medium (letter, e-mail, SMS). The own study performed for this
paper showed that there was not any significant relationship between the number
of the sent and received messages and the score in the grammar test.
Odkaz na zdrojovou studii:
CINGEL, Drew P.; SUNDAR, S. Shyam. „Texting, techspeak, and
tweens: The relationship between text messaging and English grammar skills.“ New Media & Society. Volume 14,
Number 8. [online]. 22. 11. 2012. [cit. 5. 6. 2014]. Dostupné z WWW <http://nms.sagepub.com.ezproxy.is.cuni.cz/content/14/8/1304.full.pdf+html>.
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