Ways in which textspeak is created 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage and technologyA2/A-levelOCR Created by: jamey_brewsterCreated on: 09-03-19 13:43 Vowel omission Leaving out vowels, e.g. "pls", "ppl" 1 of 7 Homophonic representation Use of single letters & numbers to represent words based on sound, e.g. "m8". 2 of 7 Phonic spelling Spelling that represents the sound of a word as opposed to its conventional spelling, e.g. "cos", "wot" 3 of 7 Initialism Abbreviation that uses the first letters of a group of words and is pronounced as individual letters, e.g. "brb", "smh" 4 of 7 Acronymy Abbreviation using the first letters of a group of words, pronounced as a single word e.g. "lol". 5 of 7 Variant spelling Deliberately non - standard spelling for effect, e.g. "wen", "cuz" 6 of 7 Number homophones Where numbers are used to replace all or part of a word whose sound they resemble, e.g. "gr8". 7 of 7
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