Spoken Language and Text

Instead of viewing texting as a written language. He views it as a spoken language he thinks we should view it more like speaking. Whatever is texted we should say it. 3. Explain how "lol" has evolved over the years.

Teen’s today, have an obsession on texting. They would text all day long everyday. An average American teen can text about sixty or more text messages a day using informal language. Informal language as in; gr8 for “great”, otw for “on the way”, or btw for “by the way”. Can texting be a bad effect on teens and their use of language?

Authors such as David Crystal along with language teachers like Shirley Holm supply Cullington with valuable experiences and opinions on why texting benefits young adults. Cullington picked up that texting allows students to have a “comfortable form of communication” (365) which aids them in their growth in the English subject. After the author gathered a great number of sources and opinions from either side, she then decided to conduct her own experiment to which she got her own results.

* Communication can be either verbal or written. Communication can also be seen by facial expressions, gesture and body language. In addition to the words, messages are transferred by the tone and quality of voice and eye contact.

Explore the view that texting and/or web-based interactions can be very creative forms of language use

Why do you wish to become staff on the Zonix Network I feel that I would fit in the staff team with my skills and with what I can do. I am very good at SSing and very good at being just overall moderator, So I am very confident that I would fit in the staff team very well.

How old were you when you got your first phone? Did texting come naturally to you? If asking your great grandfather what LOL means he would more than likely reply with asking you what language you were speaking. Over the years we have come to see a drastic evolution between texting and how we communicate verbally to one another. A linguist and prolific author David Crystal expresses the idea of technology advancements in texting, as evidence in his piece, published in 2008 in the Guardian a London Daily, “2b or Not 2b?”. Crystal uses factual evidenced throughout his article to introduce the concept that, “In texting what we are seeing, in a small way, is language in evolution” (par. 31). His knowledge towards this linguistic phenomenon may be valid due to multiple factual evidence provided.

First and foremost, language is ever-evolving if you think about it. The language high school students communicate

Abbreviations such as lol (laugh out loud), brb (be right back), and ttyl (talk to you later) are commonly used when texting, yet are not really shown in formal writing. Students reported that text speaking formal writing. “Other students use these abbreviations and other speak text in their writing, but catches their mistakes quickly”. (Cullington 364). Supporting her research Cullington asked participants to complete questionnaires’’… the research hypothesized that texting and the use of abbreviations would have a negative impact on students. However, the results did not support their hypothesis. (Cullington 369).

Language change happens every day. New words are constantly being added and new dialects are forming. People have always argued about the causes of language change and tried to control the changes that occurred but ultimately they accomplished nothing. Languages changes and spread as a result of the people who use it daily. African American English and California English are both examples of the different ways language can change. People try to resist the changes in their language because they do not want to see it change. Language change is a natural process that can be affected by others but never stopped. This course has done an excellent job explaining how language change starts and spreads.

Lord Sugar’s idiolect stands out in this transcript because it’s completely different to the candidates. His language features are very informal which is surprising considering they are in a boardroom and you would expect everyone to be professional, especially Lord Sugar, as he is the boss.

When I studying back in high school, I used to get distracted easily by anything. It was hard for me to stay on textbook reading. So in order for me to be able to stay actively engaged with the textbook, I had to use the Talking to Text technique. The technique was very effective. I was able to stay on the textbook sentence by sentence by highlighting any subject that I found interesting and any vocabularies I found hard to understand. Talking to text technique was not only effective with helping me to stay on the textbook but to raise my grade. The technique helped me to prepare for any assignments and tests since I was able to point out key points easily when I studied.

Accepted rules of grammar determine when a spoken language is grammatical or ungrammatical as opposed determining if a spoken language is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’; therefore, spoken language that I generally use may be considered as incorrect for several reasons. For example, use of double negatives and contractions such as ‘he aint not goin nowhere’ (he is not going anywhere), colloquial terms like ‘he did the Ben Harry’ (he ran as fast as he was able) or first person pronouns ‘I think it’s hot today’ (today the weather is hot) is ungrammatical language but not

The English Language has been in existence for many years. This is thanks to many early conquers who spoke the language. As a result, today English is used by “at least one out of every seven human beings around on the globe” (Lederer 216). With that many speakers, the reality in Lederer’s words that “half of the world’s

Texting is a fairly new form of communication that has taken the world by storm. It became popular around 2001, and originally had its limitations, such as the 160-character limit. But now that technology has advanced, texting has followed along and is now a convenient, casual, and a more immediate way of communicating. So naturally, texting has evolved also in terms of the language used within it. We see this mostly in the form of abbreviations and short hand spelled words. Some people argue that texting has ruined the English language. Studies and observations have shown that the benefits of texting and cyber speak are much more broad then expected. Textisms have been shown to increase phonology skills, brain activity, creativity and provide a relatable outlet for students in education.