Chat language between Communication and Violation of Linguistic Rules of English Language

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.