Phonetic spelling
Spelling a word the way it sounds
Deviant spelling
Replacing some letters within a word with other
Homophonic representation
Replacing words with letters that sound the same e.g “c” for “see”
Synchronous
When a conversation is simultaneous e.g a phone call
Asynchronous
When a conversation experiences delays between responses e.g texts, emails
Vowel omission
When vowels are removed from a word to speed up typing e.g “wht bt lter?”
Flaming
When capital letters are used to represent shouting
Deictic prior communication
When a text refers to previous communication
Phatic tokens
Overly polite phrases uses to continue a conversation e.g you’re welcome, it’s cold out