한국어 문자메시지의 표기와 특성: 20대 대학생을 중심으로
A study of writing styles and characteristics of Korean text messages: With reference to university students
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The purpose of this study is to present the distinctive writing styles for text messages that were discussed by Crystal (2008) and examine the use of the languages in Korean text messages. For the data we collected, pictograms, abbreviations, omitted letters, and nonstandard spellings proved to be observable in Korean text messages. The frequency and types of emoticons were greater in English text messages than in Korean ones. Especially, pictograms, such as emoticons, acronyms, and punctuation marks were much more frequently used by females than by males. A difference by gender was also found in message length; generally, messages written by females were longer than those by males, and this result was also a statistically significant figure. The frequency and types of abbreviations were also greater in English messages than in Korean ones. Omitted letters appeared both in Korean and English text messages in various forms; some reflected the pronunciation of spoken languages, while others did not at all. Nonstandard spellings also appeared both in Korean and English text messages in various forms. Many of them reflected the pronunciation of spoken languages, while others did not at all. Especially, many of them were aimed at economical efficiency, while a number of them were for wordplays or unique expressions. To conclude, Korean text messages have both universal and individual characteristics. It is noteworthy that although many text messages contained languages against standard spelling, they were not incomprehensible. According to analysis of collected text messages, nonstandard spellings (syllables) were only 16.6%, which is not a worrying rate considering that 83.4% were in accordance with standard spelling. This result suggests that the public concern that spelling destruction in text messages in other languages as well as Korean has reached a serious level is rather exaggerated.
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The purpose of this study is to present the distinctive writing styles for text messages that were discussed by Crystal (2008) and examine the use of the languages in Korean text messages. For the data we collected, pictograms, abbreviations, omitted letters, and nonstandard spellings proved to be observable in Korean text messages. The frequency and types of emoticons were greater in English text messages than in Korean ones. Especially, pictograms, such as emoticons, acronyms, and punctuation marks were much more frequently used by females than by males. A difference by gender was also found in message length; generally, messages written by females were longer than those by males, and this result was also a statistically significant figure. The frequency and types of abbreviations were also greater in English messages than in Korean ones. Omitted letters appeared both in Korean and English text messages in various forms; some reflected the pronunciation of spoken languages, while others did not at all. Nonstandard spellings also appeared both in Korean and English text messages in various forms. Many of them reflected the pronunciation of spoken languages, while others did not at all. Especially, many of them were aimed at economical efficiency, while a number of them were for wordplays or unique expressions. To conclude, Korean text messages have both universal and individual characteristics. It is noteworthy that although many text messages contained languages against standard spelling, they were not incomprehensible. According to analysis of collected text messages, nonstandard spellings (syllables) were only 16.6%, which is not a worrying rate considering that 83.4% were in accordance with standard spelling. This result suggests that the public concern that spelling destruction in text messages in other languages as well as Korean has reached a serious level is rather exaggerated.
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