The advent of text messaging as a ubiquitous mode of communication has spurred considerable interest in its impact on language skills. Researchers have investigated whether the informal register ...

English teacher Carrie Beth Buchanan sees the effects of students’ growing up in an age when communication is done in an abbreviated text language and where they depend on autocorrect to automatically ...

“How am I even supposed to respond to this?” My friend shows me her phone screen, where her dad has replied to a long, complicated, logistic-filled text message with a simple “Ok 👍.” We’ve all been ...

HOUSTON Text messages between teens can read like a foreign language to their moms and dads. We wanted to know how up-to-speed parents are with text lingo beyond OMG and LOL. More specifically, could ...

Let's face it — one of the most awkward situations you can find yourself in is having a communication gap when you're in a foreign country. Gone are the days of hiring a translator or relying solely ...