Challenging Folk-Linguistics: Grammatical and Spelling Variation in Students' Writing in Hebrew on WhatsApp and in Essays

Autor/inn/en	Finkelstein, Shir; Netz, Hadar
Titel	Challenging Folk-Linguistics: Grammatical and Spelling Variation in Students' Writing in Hebrew on WhatsApp and in Essays
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 44 (2023) 3, S.555-575 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amac072
Schlagwörter	Folk Culture; Linguistics; Grammar; Computational Linguistics; Literacy; Language Skills; High School Students; Hebrew; Speech Communication; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Computer Mediated Communication; Writing (Composition); Essays; Comparative Analysis; Computer Software; Language Attitudes; Computer Use; Spelling + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistik; Grammatik; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Telekommunikationstechnik; Computerkonferenz; Schreibübung; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Sprachverhalten; Schreibweise
Abstract	With the increasing use of mobile phones among young people, there is growing public concern about possible detrimental effects of digital writing on learners' literacy and language skills. We ask whether and to what extent nonstandard forms typical of spoken Hebrew and of digital communication are also found in the formal writing of high-school students. To this end, we compare between two corpora of Modern Hebrew: a naturalistic corpus of 7,120 "WhatsApp" messages (35,085 words) written by 80 students in three classroom "WhatsApp" groups and a corpus of 291 school essays (34,700 words) written by 291 students. The findings indicate that a rather clear distinction is maintained between adherence to traditional formal writing in school essays as opposed to a more lenient approach on "WhatsApp." The findings thus provide empirical linguistic evidence challenging the predominant folk-linguistic public ideology. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01