Well, I decided to begin my
research on the eResources and the articles/databases section on York’s Library
website. At first, I was unsure about
how many scholarly sources I would find on homophone misuse, but JSTOR ended up
being a very helpful database thus far.
Some scholarly sources I plan to
use are:
- “Mnemonics Relieves Homophone
Misuse” article by Carol A. Edwards (from the Journal of Reading book)
- Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 by
David Crystal (publisher: Oxford University Press)
Hopefully, I will be able to find
more scholarly sources as I continue to research. I’m also interested in searching under the
‘psycholinguistic’ field of study because this will allow me to further
understand ‘why’ people are misusing these homophones – is homophone misuse
related to our psyche? So far, in the databases,
I have only researched under the ‘professional writing’ field of study.
A popular source I found is:
- “No LOL matter: Tween texting
may lead to poor grammar skills” (from the Penn State News website)
My next plan is to look through
magazine articles in terms of popular sources.
Perhaps, these popular sources will provide me with recent information
that will allow me to dig deeper on homophone misuse within social media.
Good Luck researching, everyone!
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