Abstract:
This research is about Chat language between Communication and
Violation of Linguistic Rules. Learners of English who use new communication
technology especially text messaging made numerous errors ranging from
incorrect spelling in grammatical sentence structure. The researcher designed a
questionnaire for a sample of 40 students from Sudan University of Science and
Technology. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method to conduct
her study. After the analysis of data, the researcher has arrived to the following
results: For the majority of study sample, chat language is not hard to
understand, and, for the most of study sample, online blogs (Apps, websites)
make communication better. At the end of the research, the researcher gives
some recommendations like: Students should not depend only on using chat
language to learn English, and, Teachers should issue articles which contain
chat language abbreviations and its meanings in dictionaries.
