Code-switching and Gender in SMS Texting

by Nora Achili

With the noted advancement of mobile phone technologies, SMS texting emerged as a perfectly new mode of communication that challenges the conventional rules of standard languages. To gain insights into SMS newly-adopted language, the present work overarching goal was to look into Algerian EFL students' SMS texting practices. Given the texters' multilingual context, code-switching and language choice in gendered groups were examined. The study showed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6202092556
• ISBN13: 9786202092555
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"