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Pragmatic Analysis Of Whatsapp Chats
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1.3 Research Questions
1.3.1 what are the common methods through which users arrive at a contextual meaning of texts on the Application.
1.3.2 How far can the Contextual theory of semantics with all its shortcomings bear upon any study such as the present one.
1.3.3 What are the troubles users tend to run into in terms of sense making on the platform
1.3.4 And how peculiar are the texting styles across different regions
1.4 Objectives of the Study
The
major purposes of this research work is to carry out a pragmatic
analysis of the intricacies of WhatsApp instant messaging application.
This would be achieved through:
An identification of the various common methods users employ in contextual sense making process.
The
research will describe in detail the movement of contextual sense
making among users of the instant messaging application. This
description will aim at looking at these methods as they develop into
popularity among a particular age range usually the millennials.
1.5 Significance of the Study
The
present research work is deeply significant especially as it closes up
academic gap which has called it up. In language study especially the
part the linguistics are mandated to study, the research will give
models for reading WhatsApp conversations and other conversations on
similar platforms with similar features like Imo, Instagram Direct
Message and Facebook Messenger.
In the wider picture and seeing that
many legal conversation go on with the use of the app, forensics and
criminal law can gain insight from the work done here in understanding
the how to handle conversations of this kind tendered as evidence in a
legal action.
1.6 Research Hypothesis
The assumption on which
this research work is predicated upon the assumption that contextual
sense making process is what is used by users of the instant messaging
application: WhatsApp.
1.7 Scope of the Study
The focus of this
research work is on deciphering how sense making in WhatsApp chats are
predicated upon the context of messages. While focusing on WhatsApp
references would be made as the discussion progresses to other instant
messaging software like the Facebook Messenger app and Imo.
1.8 Limitations of the Study
The
major limitations of this research work is time issue and with the
nature of the research which would require a sifting through of a random
cross section of WhatsApp chats in order to better carry out the study
which would also require lots of time and financial resources.
1.9 Definition of Terms
Pragmatics
This is the branch of linguistics that enquires into how context of texts and word usages bear upon their meanings.
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