Compare And Contrast Textese In Children

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With children’s increasing use of mobile phones, concerns have been raised about its influence on their literacy skills. One well-known feature of children’s text messages is that they do not always adhere to conventional written language rules and use a register. In this register, children make use of phonetic replacements, such as lol and drop words . This has led to the assumption that characteristics of textese may leak into children’s general writing, ultimately resulting in language deterioration . However, this is in sharp contrast to findings from several studies showing that children who used textese frequently did not

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