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Roman-txt: forms and functions of Roman Urdu texting

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dc.contributor.authorBilal, A.
dc.contributor.authorRextin, A.
dc.contributor.authorKakakhel, A.
dc.contributor.authorNasim, M.
dc.contributor.conference19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '17) (4 Sep 2017 - 7 Sep 2017 : Vienna, Austria)
dc.contributor.editorJones, M.
dc.contributor.editorTscheligi, M.
dc.contributor.editorRogers, Y.
dc.contributor.editorMurray-Smith, R.
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we present a user study conducted on students of a local university in Pakistan and collected a corpus of Roman Urdu text messages. We were interested in forms and functions of Roman Urdu text messages. To this end, we collected a mobile phone usage dataset. The data consists of 116 users and 346, 455 text messages. Roman Urdu text, is the most widely adopted style of writing text messages in Pakistan. Our user study leads to interesting results, for instance, we were able to quantitatively show that a number of words are written using more than one spelling; most participants of our study were not comfortable in English and hence they write their text messages in Roman Urdu; and the choice of language adopted by the participants sometimes varies according to who the message is being sent. Moreover we found that many young students send text messages(SMS) of intimate nature.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAnas Bilal, Aimal Rextin, Ahmad Kakakhel, Mehwish Nasim
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 2017 / Jones, M., Tscheligi, M., Rogers, Y., Murray-Smith, R. (ed./s), pp.15-1-15-9
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3098279.3098552
dc.identifier.isbn9781450350754
dc.identifier.orcidNasim, M. [0000-0003-0683-9125]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/111590
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherACM
dc.rightsCopyright © 2017 ACM
dc.source.urihttp://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3098279
dc.subjectText message analysis; Roman Urdu text messages; forms and functions; texting adaptations
dc.titleRoman-txt: forms and functions of Roman Urdu texting
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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