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SMS

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ello, hw r u 2day?

By Kunalan ⋅ July 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Text lingo or language of SMS is dominant in our engagement with text messages daily and this lingo appears to be driven by three key sociolinguistic fundamentals as introduced by ‘language philosopher’ Paul Grice; brevity and speed, paralinguistic restitution and phonological approximation. All three fundamentals are evident in our daily SMS interactions with common words [...]

Technology and mobile phones

By Kunalan ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In today’s constantly evolving technological landscape, has it reached a peak in its usability relative to actual needs? Does a quad-core processor represent an overkill to general computing needs? With the iPhone and many other feature rich mobile gadgets already in the market, the path moving forwards seems clear – an era of technologically sophisticated [...]

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