Jean Kleinman How The Internet Is Changing Language

In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” Nicholas Carr explains how the Internet is somewhat removing the way humans tend to concentrate on certain things. He also explains how people think differently then they usually would because of how the Internet may cause them to view things. Even though the Internet may help in a variety of ways, it does influence the way humans may think and learn as a process together. Carr’s argument is effective because he shows the affect the Internet has on humans in ways such as, not being able to read lengthy articles and books, the use of a type writer, and the lack of his own creditability within the article.

Simon shows this by saying “It is perhaps equally inevitable… for certain words to become obsolescent and obsolete, and drop out of the language” (337); similarly MacNeil says “Everything in the American experience, each new frontier encountered—geographical, spiritual, technological—has altered our language” (316); and McGray does this by saying “ Some adventurous school districts have let their foreign-language programs evolve with the times” (357).

Courtney Treco English 152 November 5, 2014 Is Texting Destroying Our Language? In David Crystals article, 2B or Not 2B, he discusses texting and how it is not destroying language. First in the article Crystals compares his ideas to an article written by John Humphrys, who believes that texting is wrecking language and stated that people who text are “vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbours 800 years ago. ”(Page

What do you do when you don’t know a word? Duh, you look in a dictionary or take out your handy pocket dictionary because everyone has those, and then you look up the word. You would only use that method if you’re from the 90’s. In today’s age, we have the internet and google. Instead of taking at least 30 minutes to look up a word, you can take out your phone and in less than two minutes, you have added some new vocabulary to your knowledge. I see myself and many other people searching up words that they don’t know on their cellphones. Instead of wasting time and resources on dictionaries, we already have this thing called Google that makes life easier and it’s free. I don’t think by using Google to look up words is making us stupid. I believe that Google is helping us increase our vocabulary and making it easier to understand people who use big words. Another example of when Google was helpful and made things way easier was when my car was having engine troubles. My brother and I took the car to a mechanic and asked what was wrong with it. The mechanic told us that our sensor was broken and replacing it would cost 160 dollars. We didn’t want to pay so much. So, we bought the part we needed from the mechanic for 60 dollars and we went home and watched YouTube videos. After two hours, we were able to install the part and save about 100 dollars. Google Makes things easier and can save you money. But, not only did it save me money, it also gave me knowledge of my own car.

Is The Internet Changing The Way We Think? Technology is advancing almost every day in some way shape or form. Technology is machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge. There are things we use every day that aren’t considered technology.

I will analysing two articles one of them being John Humphry’s article “I h8 txt msgs: how texting is wrecking our language” and David Crystal “2b or not 2b” analysis of text messages looking at what kind of language do they use and other kind of language devices.

In this essay, I will argue for the implementation of the death penalty. I will establish a clear-cut profile for a criminal to be eligible for death row. I will put forth arguments for and against the death penalty as supported by various groups and try to defend my position. I shall also try to criticize the case against the death penalty with individual arguments. Finally, I will demonstrate that no alternative to capital punishment can be reached and try to convince you for its fairness. Despite ethical and moral concerns, the issue of capital punishment must not be dismissed without serious consideration and scrutiny.

A. Summary- The title of chapter one is “What is Religion”. The book defines religion as “time honored actions and beliefs that are aimed at connecting people with what could be defined as most true,real,sacred, or divine.” The book also states that “religion has also been identified with beliefs and behaviors that connect us with what is most worth knowing or that steer us toward self-negation and material detachment”. Religion is an old creation and is not a new subject.

The subject of how technology is changing written English is a touchy subject; many people believe that our current technology is allowing us to become lazy. Text messaging being the ultimate reason we are taking so many short cuts when it comes to writing proper English. There are so many abbreviated words and meanings in text messaging, I sometimes find myself confused when I receive messages from people that I have to google what they are trying to say. I don’t want to respond and assume I know what they are trying say.

In the modern world, social media has a major influence on language. For instances, when vine was the trend amongst people anytime a certain vine

Hemingway’s greatest idea, the Hemingway Code, is brought out in all of his short stories. The typical Code has characters who are mostly males, they show grace under pressure, are very masculine, and do many heroic acts. Another part of the Code is you are not destroyed unless you are defeated. In most of the stories Hemingway’s characters follow the Code and don’t stray from it, but this is not the case in his story “In Another Country”. Although some will say that the Major sticks with the Code and is not defeated, he is defeated because he does not because he does not have grace under pressure, he has lost his masculinity, and has no grace under pressure.

On average, around one thousand words are added to the dictionary every year (OxfordWords Blog). Another astonishing fact is that there are over one million words in the English language (The Global Language Monitor). This is difficult for me to fathom, considering my own vocabulary is a small fraction of this (to prove my point, I struggled to spell the word vocabulary, thank God for spell check). Anyways, to get to the point I’m trying to make, with all these words that are already in existence, how am I going to come up with my own unique word? Well, I am glad to report that I have an answer (due to the fact that this assignment is a big part of my grade and I would receive an F if I didn’t turn in something). I’ve decided that the best way to impart my knowledge unto you, my readers, is by providing a top notch definition for such a top notch word. And behind every creation is a muse, and I feel that my inspiration is key to understanding why my word deserves an entire paper about it. With that, let’s dive in with learning more about the word…

All humans use a language to communicate with other humans. Overtime the human bodies have been modified to accommodate language. The human body uses 6 organs to accomplish language. The 6 organs are the lungs, vocal cords, tongue, teeth, lips and nose. Although these 6 organs main functions are eating and breathing, they have been modified over time to help exercise humans control during speech production. Linguistics is the study of how language works. Language changes over time to fit the current population. Creativity is a must in language because it gives us the freedom to produce and understand new words and sentences as the need arises. However, there are boundaries within which innovation can occur. The human language is very complex

In today’s world Internet has become one of the most important mediums of communication. It has become the lifeline of our survival. It has removed the entire social, economic and physical barrier and has immense effect on our day to day activity.

Language is important because it's one of the main ways to communicate and interact with other people around us. It keeps us in contact with other people. English language is an example for the importance of a language because it is the international language and has become the most important language to people in many parts of the world. It is most widely used in communicating around the world, Also it is spoken as the first language in many countries. English is playing a major role in many sections like education, medicine, engineering and business. There are many reasons that makes English is the most important language in the world.