Luận văn An investigation into linguistic features of on-Line chats in english and vietnamese

Tóm tắt Luận văn An investigation into linguistic features of on-Line chats in english and vietnamese: ... my message?) (iii) Wh-questions (except for why-questions) without a subject and with a to infinitive: (5) Paul: What to do next? b. Elliptical Sentences (i) Ellipsis in declarative sentences + Ellipsis of subject alone (8) Kourtney: shud go swh to relax. (You should go somewhere to ...lish and Vietnamese chatters have a strong tendency to use short and simple structures with a very high percentage (64.5% in English and 63.1% in Vietnamese). The frequency of occurrence of completed sentences is quite low in both languages (35.5% in English and 34.9% in Vietnamese). 4.1.3...ese chatting. (224) minhon: Bt thụi (Bỡnh thường thụi) c. Reductions of Individual Words Reductions of individual words also occur frequently in Vietnamese chatting. (228) Duchoai96: dug mah d0g^. (Đừng manh ủộng) d. Number Homophones Number homophones are also common in Vietnamese o...