“Where are you?” The communicative functions of Saudi students’ text messaging

• Main Authors: Al Rousan, Rafat M., Abd Aziz, Noor Hashima, Christopher, Anne Althea
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/22394/1/IJEL%204%203%202014%2023%2033.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/22394/; http://doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v4n3p23

The widespread use of the mobile phone service has greatly contributed to the proliferation of text messaging, particularly among young people.The main objective of this study is to examine the communicative functions of the text messaging of young Saudi university students.Thurlow’s (2003) theoreti...