Language and Technology Definitions

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Vowel Omission
Leaving out vowels e.g. ppl,pls
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Homophonic Representation
use of single letters or letters to represent words that sound similar e.g. 2 l8, m8
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Phonetic Spelling
Spelling that represents sound rather than the convential spelling e.g. omigod, cos
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Initialism
An abbreviation using initial letters e.g. idk, lmk
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Acronymy
An abbreviation using inital letters but pronounced as a word e.g. lol
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Deletion
Missing out a word in a sentence to make the sentence shorter e.g "are you going?" --> "you going?"
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Card 2

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Homophonic Representation

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use of single letters or letters to represent words that sound similar e.g. 2 l8, m8

Card 3

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Phonetic Spelling

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Card 4

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Initialism

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Card 5

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Acronymy

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