The relationship between text and spoken language and text language is that they both influence each other in the way we speak and text. In this we will explore relations like omission, para linguistics and homophones etc.
When people text each other, they usually tend to use abbreviations. Abbreviations are used to shorten our words to send them quicker. We can abbreviate our text as we usually are texting in an informal setting and the other person/people will still be able to understand us. We are often able to shorten our words as no meaning is lost in what we say. This is known as omission. Examples of this can be shown in my text messages.
When people speak one to one in person they can show emotion through smiling, frowning or raising your eyebrows. This is in my opinion another form of speaking. Speaking, texting and using facial emotion. Expressing your emotion through facial expression may also be known as para linguistics. Being able to understand para linguistics is a good thing when communicating. It shows an understanding between two or more people conversing which saves talking. Examples of this can be frowning(upset/angry), raising eyebrows(shock/confused) etc. Para linguistics can link to text language through emoticons or emojis as they are more commonly known. The smiling emoticon ‘?’ means that you are happy or excited about something. ‘?’ this emojis shows that the person sending it is angry because of the red face, downward eyebrows and frown. There are many more emojis which link to real life but would take too long to explain. Emojis are a great way of communicating as they show para linguistics that you would be able to shows face to face but not through messaging.
Omission is another way that spoken language and text language relates as we use omission in both speaking and texting. Omission is shown in text when we miss out letters in our typing that are unnecessary to write as the listener/s will still understand us. We wouldn’t purposely miss out letters if it didn’t make sense because it wouldn’t be called omission.
‘Jus stop talking shit’ in this short phrase one letter at the end of ‘jus’ is omitted because we can shorten it and still give the same meaning. That sentence means the same as ‘Just stop talking shit’.
There are also links in spoken and text language in aural elements. Aural elements are things like your accent, volume and speed of speaking. All these things can be heard and understood
October 9, 2015 at 3:11 pm
This is excellent, clear information about the mechanisms in speaking and texting. The paragraphs where you explore any given feature also need proper examples, which are also explained in detail.
Check my example paragraph to see what I mean:
http://ambition.edutronic.net/analysing-your-own-transcript/
October 13, 2015 at 11:40 pm
Those examples are perfect. This is going to be great piece of analysis.
I would also encourage you to review your introduction. If you’re going to summarise the true relationship between speaking and texting, it’s going to take a few words. You’ll need to express that they are similar in some ways – particularly those that facilitate easy communication in real-time between people who are familiar with each other, as this is the primary purpose of both text types. You’ll need to explore how they differ from each other (which also is to be expected given that one is written and one spoken) and then most interestingly you’ll want to explain, in your intro, that you’ll be exploring the influence the two text forms have on each other.
Once you’ve done this you’ll then be able to look into your paragraph topic sentences and see whether they provide clear evidence of a developing argument and that they give a pointer towards which aspect (similar, different, influencing) of the relationship you are going to concentrate on in each paragraph.
You’ve got the understanding, now the challenge will be to attempt to explain it all in writing without loosing some of the nuanced argument.
I look forward to reading this as it develops.
CW
January 6, 2016 at 1:19 am
This piece really just lacks a coherent conclusion – which is more a matter of style than content. You’ve already unlocked the “Ye Get Me?” badge with this analysis, but if it’s finished, the “Comparison Writing” badge is yours too.