<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style id=owaParaStyle>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Century Gothic";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char";
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.PlainTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text";
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page Section1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-IE link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>U.L. Staff
& fellow students,</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:36.0pt;color:red'>MY M.A. THESIS NEEDS YOU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span
style='font-size:34.0pt;color:red'>A big thank you to all those who have sent
me on texts so far.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:36.0pt;color:red'>Just a reminder to those who still wish to
help!</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'>I am a M.A. English Language Teaching
student who is about to undertake my thesis research.</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'>My thesis will look at linguistic features
of mobile phone text speak. In order to investigate this I want to collate a
body of text message samples of everyday chat.</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'>This is where you come in. </span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'>I would welcome ANY typical texts that you
receive/ send & forward it/them on to my research mobile phone number</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'>086 3444032</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'>If you have no credit, please web
text me any examples.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'>All received texts shall be
transcribed, </span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;color:black'>minus
numbers</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>I don't want your name but please add M </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>or </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>F to indicate
your gender.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thank
you very much for taking the time to read this & for being a willing
participant.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>