txt abrvs in speech?

[Laurence Horn]

A student in our freshman seminar in Varieties of English (Raffaella
Zanuttini and I are co-instructors) is interested in tracking down
any previous research on the incorporation of texting abbreviations
(or, less commonly, acronyms) in speech.  Classic constructed
examples appear in the Cingular/AT&T commercials viewable at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nIUcRJX9-o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySR3hpieiQc&feature=related

The student has already collected material in response to a
questionnaire he posted via Facebook but doesn't want to ignore
previous empirical investigations when he writes up his results.
Thanks for any pointers anyone can provide.

LH

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