The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case study

The instant messaging application WhatsApp is currently the most widely used means of communication among young Spaniards. This application, along with others of the same type, has favoured the creation of a new written code: digitalk or textese, characterised by the use of textisms, a digital norm...

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Autores: Gómez Camacho, Alejandro, Núñez Román, Francisco, Conde Jiménez, Jesús, Perea Ortega, María de los Ángeles
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
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Palabra clave:Critical Discourse Analysis
Text Messaging
Digital Communication
Spanish Spelling
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spelling The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case studyGómez Camacho, AlejandroNúñez Román, FranciscoConde Jiménez, JesúsPerea Ortega, María de los ÁngelesCritical Discourse AnalysisText MessagingDigital CommunicationSpanish SpellingThe instant messaging application WhatsApp is currently the most widely used means of communication among young Spaniards. This application, along with others of the same type, has favoured the creation of a new written code: digitalk or textese, characterised by the use of textisms, a digital norm that intentionally departs from the academic norm. The aim of this research is to explore the relationship between the textisms of Spanish teenagers on WhatsApp and the normative spelling of their academic texts. It is proposed as a novel study of particular relevance in the Spanish context. The study was carried out with 43 third- and fourth-year student of secondary education in Seville (Spain). Through a descriptive statistical analysis, the characteristics of the digital norm of adolescents on WhatsApp were sought and it was observed that the most common textism is word shortening, followed by others such as the omission of accents and the omission of punctuation marks. On the other hand, it has been observed that the use of textisms in Spanish does not harm the academic spelling of adolescents. Finally, it has been observed that there are some differences in the use of textisms between males and females, with females using a greater number of multimodal elements than malesUni.Complutense de MadridUniversidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura y Filologías IntegradasUniversidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Teoría e Historia de la Educación y Pedagogía SocialUniversidad de Sevilla. HUM1027: Edadismo y Nuevos Lenguajes InclusivosUniversidad de Sevilla. HUM529: Culturas, Lenguas, Educación y SociedadUniversidad de Sevilla. HUM403: Investigación Pedagógica de la Persona202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/173346reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésCirculo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion, 102, 271-282.https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/clac.84780info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:idus________::bf21702c985fbdecd3d66a25956e22172025-07-17T12:48:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case study
title The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case study
spellingShingle The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case study
Gómez Camacho, Alejandro
Critical Discourse Analysis
Text Messaging
Digital Communication
Spanish Spelling
title_short The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case study
title_full The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case study
title_fullStr The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case study
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case study
title_sort The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish adolescents: A case study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gómez Camacho, Alejandro
Núñez Román, Francisco
Conde Jiménez, Jesús
Perea Ortega, María de los Ángeles
author Gómez Camacho, Alejandro
author_facet Gómez Camacho, Alejandro
Núñez Román, Francisco
Conde Jiménez, Jesús
Perea Ortega, María de los Ángeles
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Conde Jiménez, Jesús
Perea Ortega, María de los Ángeles
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Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Teoría e Historia de la Educación y Pedagogía Social
Universidad de Sevilla. HUM1027: Edadismo y Nuevos Lenguajes Inclusivos
Universidad de Sevilla. HUM529: Culturas, Lenguas, Educación y Sociedad
Universidad de Sevilla. HUM403: Investigación Pedagógica de la Persona
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Critical Discourse Analysis
Text Messaging
Digital Communication
Spanish Spelling
topic Critical Discourse Analysis
Text Messaging
Digital Communication
Spanish Spelling
description The instant messaging application WhatsApp is currently the most widely used means of communication among young Spaniards. This application, along with others of the same type, has favoured the creation of a new written code: digitalk or textese, characterised by the use of textisms, a digital norm that intentionally departs from the academic norm. The aim of this research is to explore the relationship between the textisms of Spanish teenagers on WhatsApp and the normative spelling of their academic texts. It is proposed as a novel study of particular relevance in the Spanish context. The study was carried out with 43 third- and fourth-year student of secondary education in Seville (Spain). Through a descriptive statistical analysis, the characteristics of the digital norm of adolescents on WhatsApp were sought and it was observed that the most common textism is word shortening, followed by others such as the omission of accents and the omission of punctuation marks. On the other hand, it has been observed that the use of textisms in Spanish does not harm the academic spelling of adolescents. Finally, it has been observed that there are some differences in the use of textisms between males and females, with females using a greater number of multimodal elements than males
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