Analysis of SMS text messages in Filipino

Authors

Josephine Jill Cabatbat ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Giovanni A. Tapang ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

We report a study on the features of SMS text messages in Filipino. Focusing on the changes in the constituent unigrams and bigrams, we analyze the changes in the Filipino language form due to different styles of texting. Drawing on the bigram frequency distributions and texters’ style preferences, a method that can be used in approximate matching of SMS messages is introduced. Moreover, by analyzing the information change in a contemporary text af

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Issue

2010: Proceedings of the 28th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2010-5C-02

Section

Complex Systems

Published

2010-10-25

How to Cite

[1]

JJ Cabatbat and GA Tapang, Analysis of SMS text messages in Filipino, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 28, SPP-2010-5C-02 (2010). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2010-5C-02.