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Chua, Siew Kheng Catherine – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
Formal language use in online communication and phone messages is increasingly being replaced by a new age language, i.e. the net lingos commonly used in Internet acronyms and text messages. This is, perhaps, a logical consequence of computers, mobile phones and gadgets becoming familiar household items in an era where there is a constant demand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics, Electronic Publishing, Handheld Devices