The first SMS
was sent by a British engineer called
Neil PapWorth, who wrote from his computer “Happy New Year” to his colleague
Richard Jarvis.
One year later,
in 1993, Nokia showed the first mobile phone which permitted the challenge of
SMS between users in a commercial way.
SMS permitted
to express any kind of feelings in a few 160 characters. In fact, SMS is the
most favourite way of communication to wish New Year, Christmas and Saint
Valentine´s Day.
Therefore, there
are differences between male and female use of SMS language.
According to Norwegian researcher Richard Ling, there are differences in
the SMS language of females and males. The lexical, morphological and syntactic
choices between males and females SMS users suggested to Ling that women are more
skillful and more "literary"
texters. Richard Ling observes:
Women's messages tend to be "longer".
Women used more "complex structure"
and grammar.
Men's messages tend to comprise "one-sentence", "one-clause"
or "one-thought" constructions (the latter is markedly observable
among male users within the ages 16 to 19).
More greetings and words of parting were observed in women's messages.
Women had messages with
emotional and practical (e.g. arranging a meeting) content unlike men, who
mostly used SMS language for practical content only.
Women and the younger users
(across gender) tend to use more shortened forms and emoticons than men.
While women observed
conventional rules more than men, the difference is marginal. This involves the
use of correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization etc.
Sources:
By: Sandra Barranco Aguilar
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