Angel Reyna

Pragmatics

ENGL 21300 S

Standard American English	Text Form
The overall value of communication is very important in a relationship. This lets your partner be comfortable with expressing themselves when they feel like they need to without being judged or feel guilty about it. But this can also apply to you as your feelings also matter in the relationship just as much as your partner does. At the end of the day we are all human and have days where we may feel a certain way about something and that’s why being able to communicate and overall understand your partner is the key to a healthy relationship.	Me: Hey are you free to talk? Partner: Hi, Yes is everything okay? Me: No not right now, I’ve been stressed lately. Partner: Is there anything I can do? Me: Just talking to me. Partner: Good, I’m here if you need anything else as well!
There are levels to texting which are a bit hard to understand when being in a relationship. You first need to understand how your partner speaks such as phrases or words they may use while in a conversation with you. So that if they do use these words or phrases it doesn’t seem that they’re being rude or mean to you while you are having a conversation with them. They may also use GIFS which are images or emoji’s to express some sort of emotion that may be hard for them to describe with words. So texting is just understanding how your partner talks, and if you may feel like the text is off just politely ask how they are feeling and what did they mean by the text.	Me:Hey, I wanted to check in. Are you okay? Partner: Yes im fine Me:Okay, I also wanted to clarify about earlier I didn’t mean it that way. I was joking Partner:Okay, thank you for clarifying I felt a way about it earlier. Me:I realized you didn’t text me earlier, and I realized I needed to let you know. Partner:Thank you for communicating with me,I appreciate it.
The things I deem disrespectful in texting, thrive from context. Within partnership disrespectful texts can stem from, cursing at me, and or slang used in a way to hurt my feelings. If someone you seek love from and refuge in, then calls you names that you don’t like, knowing it will hurt your feelings in conversations that’s not needed and is intentional it is seen as disrespectful. When texting, many may joke or say jokes that have an undermining meaning, and use terms such as “no offense” when being offensive, or being dismissive when texting with one another. In concluding my claim, the state of  devaluing one’s partner through text is deemed disrespectful due to one wanting to intentionally hurt someone’s feelings.	Me:Why are you acting like that? Partner:Like what? I’m not doing anything Me:Your mood is off and I just want to make sure you’re okay  Partner:Just leave me alone, you’re helpless Me:Why are you talking to me like that? Partner:Lol  Me:Okay, I don’t know what I did but I will talk to you later.