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Title:
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ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF ISIZULU AND ISIXHOSA SHORTHAND IN STUDENTS SMSES |
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Author(s):
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S.D. Eyono Obono, S. P. Zulu, T. Barnabas |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-46-5 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2011 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Hybrid Languages, SMS Shorthand Language, Social Networks |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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337 |
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Last Page:
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346 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper analyses social, cultural and linguistic factors affecting the adoption of shorthand SMS writing by students in two South African indigenous languages, isiZulu and isiXhosa. The findings of the paper are the result of a descriptive and inferential quantitative analysis of data collected from a questionnaire based survey of 118 University students from a South African University. The surveyed data represents students perceptions on the role of their demographic background, of their use of social networks, and of their language skills on their adoption of shorthand writing in their isiZulu and isiXhosa SMSes. Results from the statistical tests performed on students data show that the students surveyed by the study are highly proficient in the use of isiZulu and isiXhosa, their use of social networks and of shorthand in their isiZulu and isiXhosa SMSes is fair, and their adoption of shorthand SMS writing in these two languages is only influenced by their Faculty of affiliation and by their level of addiction to social networks. |
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