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Palacio, May Antonette; Gustilo, Leah – Online Submission, 2016
As the English language continues to evolve through time, many of its structures and functions changed, which made it even realizable that the smallest unit in a discourse can play a crucial role in communication. Hence, this present study is an attempt to investigate the phenomenon and further delve into the discourse-pragmatic functions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Modes
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Richards, Jeffrey A.; Gilkerson, Jill; Xu, Dongxin; Topping, Keith – Journal of Early Intervention, 2017
This study investigated whether parent perceptions of their own and their child's levels of talkativeness were related to objective measures recorded via the Language Environment Analysis (LENA) System. Parents of 258 children aged 7 to 60 months completed a questionnaire on which they rated how much they and their child talked. Six months…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Parent Attitudes, Child Language
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Rabab'ah, Ghaleb A.; Rabab'ah, Bayan B.; Suleiman, Nour A. – Teaching English with Technology, 2016
This study seeks to examine the existence of Instant Messaging language phenomenon among female teenagers in some Jordanian private schools and its influence on their learning experience, mainly literacy. It also raises questions about the characteristics of textese as well as teachers' attitude towards their students' use of SMS language in their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Females