Swales’ Three-Move Model for Introductions

Move 1- establishing a territory
Just how much has texting affected language the way we are used to it today? This research question is significant to myself and others because the majority of us are users of texting /instant messaging and, moreover, abbreviating words within the text to either save time, shorten the text to fit more within the allotted amount of characters, or maybe even because we have already developed a habit of it. Either way, texting is currently one of the top forms of fast communication and also the problematic cause of abbreviating words and therefore, affecting linguistics.

Move 2- Establishing a Niche
There is enough evidence to prove that texting has affected grammar in the classroom, but could it be powerful enough to actually begin to form a new, more slang affiliated language? Not enough evidence has been collected to prove this. However, it is true that the broader topic of linguistics is looking a future full of change.

Move 3- Occupying the Niche
- The purpose of my essay is to argue the main points as to exactly how texting has affected the way we speak at home and in the classroom.
- The reader can expect to be enlightened on the topic of texting by finding scholarly research included in this paper to prove my main point.
- The way in which I will organize my research paper is this: (It will be broken up into these sections) Introduction, methods, results, and discussions.

Quiz Ch. 7 & 8

I feel as if my research fits the definition of Fact. As it states in Lunsford's text, "Factual arguments tend to be driven by perceptions and evidence,” and in my paper, I definitely utilize statistics, studies, and research done by students and authors in order to solidify my factual argument. When reading the text, I found an interesting statement. The author states that in truth, a great majority of factual arguments start with society searching for a problem or working with something that will brew up a problem. My research question, ‘how has texting effected language as we know it today’ parallels this notion of people actively looking for a problem, (an interesting one at that) and then using hard evidence to solidify why language is evolving the way it is because of texting. Upon reading Lunsford’s ‘Everything’s an Argument,’ identifying an issue that already has a potential audience is key. He goes on to say that there are a plentiful amount of books floating in libraries that are written primarily to pursue these factual questions. By choosing the topic of texting and its effect on language, my paper is only backed by facts and “hard evidence”, not logic.
When I initially began my paper, I realized that my sources were going to be the key to a successful paper. It was imperative that I find scholarly articles that were peer reviewed by other universities, and then proven to be legitimate. Moreover, I needed to know what sort of content was included in these articles in order to make my paper and argument as strong as possible, which was not an easy task to complete. Reading Chapter 7 of our book, parts of the text soothed my worries. “Quite often, you may have only so many words or pages to make a factual argument.” This was my exact case in a few situations at the beginning stages of putting my paper together. However, my actions to produce a powerful argument in this paper and my next paralleled what the book suggested one do in this case. It is not how many words you have from articles and sources, it’s the detail and persuasive, factual evidence in the paper that really hit the ball home in creating a masterpiece paper.
Without researching a topic first, one cannot claim anything as a “fact” without legitimate evidence proving the reasoning. After researching texting and language evolution hours upon end, I feel confident enough to turn my hypothesis into a claim because I have found enough evidence to prove that there in fact has been an effect on language because of texting, and the slang and shorthand it involves. Overall, because my sources are scholarly and approved by peers, and they also incorporate the key features of a factual argument, I feel as if my topic vs the things I read in “Everything’s an Argument” agree that my paper fits in to the factual category.

Reflection of my writings

When I think about the research I have found to date on Core 2, I am not surprised with what I have discovered. I feel as if it is common knowledge that our world is in a constant rush. A rush to get ready in the morning, a rush to get to work on time, a rush to get through the checkout line at the grocery store.. So why would rushing through a text message be any different? In our age, with digital literacy on the rise, more and more people are text messaging, and sending short-hand texts at that. My goal in Core 2 was to answer my research question: How much has text messaging affected language the way society is used to it today? Through the use of a few scholarly articles such as "Writing in the Texting Generation" and "A Way with words or Away with words; Effects of Texting and IMing on Language," I was able to obtain research having to do with the relationship between texting and language that helped me to form a an argument I will be able to elaborate on in Core 4.In fact, according to a survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, over 64% of all teenage students have admitted that forms of texting and short hand have influenced their academic writing”.

As far as conversation between authors of my Core 2 go, I feel as if they all agree on the notion that there has been an obvious effect on language, which I will go further into detail in my argument of our future core paper. I feel as if I have produced a thorough paper and I do trust my sources because they are conisdered scholarly. Although I feel my argument is strong, my only concern would be possibly finding more sources to set my argument in stone.