Punctuation in text messages may convey abruptness. Period

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Highlights：

• One-word texts with periods were understood as more negative than responses without.

• The inclusion of the period in text responses may be perceived as abrupt.

• Superfluous punctuation in text messages can convey pragmatic and social information.

• Textisms can replace extra-linguistic and non-verbal cues used in conversations.

摘要

•One-word texts with periods were understood as more negative than responses without.•The inclusion of the period in text responses may be perceived as abrupt.•Superfluous punctuation in text messages can convey pragmatic and social information.•Textisms can replace extra-linguistic and non-verbal cues used in conversations.

论文关键词：Computer-mediated communication,CMC,Texting,Text messaging,Language processing,Language comprehension

论文评审过程：Received 7 December 2016, Revised 20 September 2017, Accepted 29 October 2017, Available online 31 October 2017, Version of Record 9 November 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.10.044