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This study investigated the relationship between Persian speakers' language identity and using it as L or L and applying its technical and rhetorical criteria in Telegram writings. The language identity of university students, randomly sampled, was measured using Rezaei, Khatib, and Baleghizadeh's ( ) questionnaire and they were divided into Persian L and L groups. Next, each group was subdivided into high and low language identity subgroups. Their Telegram chats were analyzed based on the technical criteria (comma, full stop, question mark) and rhetorical criteria (word order and use of appropriate expressions). The results showed that language identity predicted applying the technical criteria of spelling and comma in both L and L groups, but it was only predicted applying full stop criteria in the L group. It was not related to applying question mark criteria in either (L or L ) group. It predicted applying the criteria of appropriate expressions and accurate word order in both L and L groups. Language affiliation proved more effective than language identity in applying the criteria of comma, question mark, appropriate expressions, and word order, while it only caused a significant difference between high-identity L and L subgroups in applying comma criteria.

This study investigated the relationship between Persian speakers' language identity and their use of Persian (as a first or second language) on the one hand and their applying the linguistic criteria of standard Persian writing in Telegram chats on the other hand. A group of 115 university students who were users of Telegram were selected through convenience sampling. First, their language identity was measured using Rezaei, Khatib, and Baleghizadeh's (2014) language identity questionnaire. Then, they were divided into two groups as follows. One group included speakers of Persian as a first language, while the other group included speakers of Persian as a second language. Next, each group was further subdivided into two groups with high and low language identity. Therefore, ultimately there were four groups, each consisting of 25 participants. Finally, a sample of the Telegram chats in each group was rated and analyzed based on the linguistic criteria of standard Persian writing. The results showed that language identity went hand in hand with adherence to linguistic criteria in the first-language group but not in the second-language group. With regard to the effect of language use (as a first or second language), the results indicated that, with comparable language identity, the second-language groups turned out to be more committed to the criteria of standard Persian writing.