Linguistic Forum (LinFo)- A Journal of Linguistics

Call for Essay Area: Applied Linguistics Length of Essay: 1000 words Linguistic Forum - A Journal of Linguistics E-ISSN 2707-5273 Dear Students/Researchers, Linguistic Forum (LinFo) is an International blind peer-review journal of linguistics that has been publishing articles by the researchers from the field of applied linguistics since 2019. It has successfully published two editions and the third one is in progress. Now, Linguistic Forum is going to achieve another milestone i.e. the involvement of young writers/researchers in research/writing process. This process will not only engage the young learners in writing process but also train them as good/mature researchers for the future. In this regard, Linguistic Forum has launched a blog which invites the young researchers/writers to submit their articles, essays, reviews related with any area of applied linguistics for free of charge publication. You can send your manuscripts at editor@linguisticforum.com ...

Inclusion of Social Media Abbreviations in Communicative Language Testing Correspondence: Muhammad Farukh Arslan < farukhgill99@gmail.com > PhD. Candidate, Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan Dr. Aleem Shakir Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan Abstract Communicative competence is the broader term which covers all knowledge, capacity and skills. This particular study invites the attention towards communicative abbreviations which are used in social media platforms and electronic communication. Researcher placed these abbreviations in pragmatic and grammatical knowledge in Batchman (1999) model. These abbreviations are internationally recognized and mutually intelligible by the community of social media. Keeping in mind the idea that social media is an active and easily accessible platform to ...