E-texts

In today's modern world the use of texts in an electronic format is growing greatly. It includes a wide range of applications including websites, E-mails and text messages (SMS). With these new text types come a problem as they start mix written and oral languague.

Features of written and oral Language:

Written Language	Oral Language
Planned	Spontaneous
Delayed Interaction	Instant Interaction
Discourse Markers	Tone, Pitch
Traditional Syntax	Loosely Constructed

Text Messages:

Text massages use most of the ideas related with E-mails but they also have a few extra features:

Phonetic spelling -> LUV (for "love") and NE (for "any")
Letter homophones -> C (for "see") and U (for "you")
Number homophones -> 2 (for "to") and 4 (for "for")