Onderskeidende stylkenmerke en pragmatiese funksies van Generasie X se SMS-Afrikaans

Abstract

Hierdie studie handel oor die onderskeidende stylkenmerke en pragmatiese funksies van Generasie X se SMS-Afrikaans. Die bron van die taaldata is ʼn WhatsApp-kletsgroep van 60 deelnemers wat aanvanklik geskep is om die reëlings vir ʼn hoërskoolreünie te tref, maar uitgebrei het om ʼn verskeidenheid onderwerpe geset in natuurlike taaldata te dek. Die stylkenmerke is op grond van morfologiese, fonologiese, ortografiese, tipografiese, sintaktiese en leksikale verskynsels ontgin. Hierdie kenmerke weerspieël die spreektaalgrondslag van SMS; dit word deur ʼn samespel van bondigheid en spoed, paralinguistiese regstelling en fonologiese benadering gerig om tegnologiese beperkings te omseil. Die pragmatiese funksies is toegespits op sosiale aanknoping, wat bewerkstellig word deur nieproposisionele boodskappe en dié wat verhoudings- eerder as transaksionele werk verrig. Uiteindelik dien die onderskeidende stylkenmerke en pragmatiese funksies sosialebetekenisskepping, wat neerslag vind in die manier waarop die deelnemers die taalmiddele tot hulle beskikking aanwend om sosiale identiteit te skep en sosiale verhoudings te bedryf

This study elucidates the distinguishing style characteristics and pragmatic functions of the SMS-Afrikaans of Generation X. A 60-person chat group on WhatsApp served as source of language data. The group was originally created to plan a high-school reunion; however, its scope eventually broadened to include various topics set in natural language. The style characteristics were analysed based on morphological, phonological, orthographical, typographical, syntactic, and lexical phenomena. These features reflect the conversational nature of SMS, in which an interplay among brevity and speed, paralinguistic restitution and phonological approximation circumvent technological limitations. The pragmatic functions centre on sociality, which is achieved through non-propositional messages and those that perform relational rather than transactional work. Ultimately, the distinguishing style characteristics and pragmatic functions create social meaning, which occurs through the way in which participants apply the linguistic resources at their disposal toward the creation of social identity and the management of social relationships.

Lolu cwaningo lucacisa izici zesitayela ezihlukanisayo nemisebenzi yokungokweqiniso ye-SMS yesiBhunu Yesizukulwane X. Iqembu lengxoxo labantu abangu-60 ku-WhatsApp lasebenza njengomthombo yemininingwane yolimi. Iqembu ekuqaleni lasungulwa ukuhlela umbuthano ohleliwe wabantu ababefunda esikoleni esiphakeme ngesikhathi esifanayo; nokho, ububanzi balo bagcina bunwetshiwe ukuhlanganisa izihloko ezihlukahlukene ezibekwe ngolimi lwemvelo. Izici zesitayela zahlaziywa ngokusekelwe ezenzakalweni zokwakhiwa kwamagama, ukwakhiwa kwemisindo, izinhlamvu nokupelwa kwamagama, ukulungiselelwa kohlelo; ukwakhiwa kwemisho kanye nolwazi-magama lolimi. Lezi zici zibonisa imvelo yengxoxo ye-SMS, lapho ukuxhumana phakathi kobufushane nesivinini, ukubuyiselwa kwezici zokuxhumana ezikhulunywayo ezingabandakanyi amagama kanye nokuqagela kokwakhiwa kwemisindo okweqa imikhawulo yezobuchwepheshe. Imisebenzi yokungokweqiniso igxile kwezokuhlalisana, efinyelelwa ngemilayezo engasho isiphakamiso kanye naleyo eyenza umsebenzi wobudlelwano kunomsebenzi wokuthengiselana. Ekugcineni, izici zesitayela ezihlukanisayo nemisebenzi yokungokweqiniso zidala incazelo yomphakathi, okwenzeka ngendlela ababambiqhaza abasebenzisa ngayo izinsiza zolimi ezitholakalayo ekudalweni kobunikazi bomphakathi kanye nokuphathwa kobudlelwane bomphakathi.