Taking a Look at Global English

The way we speak today will be a thing of the past in the future because we are slowly getting away from interacting with each other in regular vocal conversations. The joy of hearing someone else’s voice with tone and emotions will be missed by some but never experienced by the rest due to them resorting to electronic communication as their source of interacting with others. The only way some will see other people is by using the video to video form of communication to converse with. People will not be able to appreciate the personal attention they will be missing by not mingling with another human being. Even the written form of communication will change drastically due to the evolution of writing styles, with the use of social media, and

The expansion of the Internet has changed how Americans communicate. The development of long syllabi is an example of evolving

Language and communication between different cultures is complex; the future holds many technological promises that will make these complexities easier to bear. This dialect decline can be credited to the industrialization of communication which exploits the human interest of entertainment, which in turn, expands and simplifies human communication. Billions of people of all walks of life have assimilated to the language of modern technology and billions more are left in the dusk. “Media exposure can spread new vocabulary and give people in different regions an understanding of the “standard American.” (PBS) The internet has allowed people to communicate farther than ever before, share knowledge at light speed pace. We feel that we do not have time to type “hey that was very funny” instead we type “LOL” we have simplified terms in speech and have become accustomed to the internet world: speed equals success. Society’s entrepreneurs and astute minds are constantly

With the modern day advancement of technology in communications we are constantly searching for the most effective way to communicate. We would use our cell phones, text, e-mail, and similar gadgets are marketed, purchased and used athe promise that these machine, like the cereal, will save time. So the comsumer may enjoy more leisure time. Along with new technology comes new norms. For example, eletronic mail once hailed as a way of saving time, has escalated expectations shortening the period of time one has before one is considered rude not to reply. With our cell phones we are able to text messages quickly and effecticely by abbreviating words, such as laugh out loud (lol) or 6y for sexy. This weakens our skills to communicate. According to my English professor Elias. It also limits our

As time goes on, everything that we do in life modernises alongside us. Many people hold the opinion that ‘old fashioned’ methods of language use were more caring and creative, and that modern technology allows us to simply be ‘lazy’. However by looking at examples of texting, and/or web-based interaction, I will be able to show that modern language use can too be very creative.

“Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speakers change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences require new words to refer to them clearly and efficiently.” The way we learn English will change completely when technology takes over. Accepting change in the American language will help people from different backgrounds communicate more efficiently.

Hundreds of grammatically incorrect text messages are sent every day. In this essay I will research and explore the creative techniques we use every day, when communicating via short messaging services, and how they are eradicating the English Language as we know it. I will also be analysing these techniques to discover when and why we use them.

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.

With technology rife in today’s society are the boundaries between spoken and written language becoming ever nearer? It seems that young children, teenagers, adults and even the elderly are all turning to mobile devices as an aid of communication. The frequent use of texting has brought about new features, such as clipping, that are unique to the texting world, this is thought to be putting a strain on our abilities to use correct Standard English. In this essay I will explore the variety of language and text specific features used within text messaging. I will also analyse the various attitudes towards texting and finally give my own opinion.

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.

As English has come to be known as the global language, it has moved toward paramount over the past decades. The majority of uses of English occur in contexts as a “lingua franca”, that is the language of heterogeneous linguistic communities whenever they wish to be mutually intelligible to speakers of other languages. Language is the unique characteristic of human so that it distinguishes human beings from other animal species. From four well-known language skills i.e. reading, writing, listening, and speaking, Rivers(1981)argues that speaking is the most frequently skill, that is used twice as much as reading and writing in our communication.As it is the means through which we express our opinionsthinking process, intentions and viewpoints. Speaking and writing usually have been considered as productive skills in comparison with listening and reading and it has been classified into two major groups: Monologue and Dialogue, that according to Nunan(1989)the dialogue focuses on the interaction with other speakers, in contrast, monologue refers to uninterrupted oral presentation. Moreover, according to the previous classification, speaking serves one of the two functions: transactional (transfer of information) and interactional (maintenance of social relationships) (Brown & Yule, 1983). As Nunan (1999) and Burkart and Sheppard (2004) argue,

Ralph Fiennes was not the first to claim that the latest technology is ruining the English language, and he certainly will not be the last. Teenagers, such as myself, are usually blamed for this so-called dumbing down of the language as we are more accustomed to today’s technology. This inspired me to write an opinion column from my own point of view, wherein I challenge Fiennes’ widely spoken arguments.

We’ve come a long way from Alexander Graham Bell first invention of the telephone to today’s technological gadgets. Advances in technology have helped our fast pace, moving society. For the past two decades, the advances in technology have enable us to communicate by fax, cell phone, e-mail, text message, and other social networks like never before, and the generations before us has a lot to say about it. Few people are sending letters to each other and most are using emails to communicate. It also has changed so much while I was growing up. No longer are we able to make an excuses of not being able communicate because we don’t understand each other, google translator has come to the rescue.

When I started high school texting was becoming “the next big thing”; social networking is modern society’s “next big thing”. Why would I bring texting into this paper? Texting left a permanent scar on the English language (Guerva). For instance, think about some of the following acronyms used in texting: LOL, OMG, WTH, JK, and so forth. These acronyms not only appear in texts, they appear in every day communication. I have heard a myriad of people use them as if they were real words, such as “LOL, that was so funny”! Social networking sites took

Language evolves along us as we grow up. I grew up talking Cantonese with my parents. At elementary school, I took ESL classes. With my brothers, I spoke Pidgin with them. As technology grew exponentially, language became a part of technology’s close companion. Social media has changed the way people have spoken in the past with new acronyms and new words, and connected people left behind in the social world. While people focus on the negative effects of social media, technology is helpful for communication in many aspects.