LIN 1340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Quotative, Language Change, Grammar
22 Mar 2016
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Netspeak displaying features that are unique to the internet. Two factors that contributed to this are: expansion of briish colonial power & emergence of the usa as a leading economic power. Also about 80% of info on world"s computers are in. By mid-1990"s usa controlled about 85% of the world ilm market. Many concerns with new technologies: claims it is ruining tradiion english (writen, promoing phoneic spelling with litle/no punctuaion. Seniments such as those expressed in newspaper reports are deeply entrenched historically. Complaint tradiion is closely associated with ideology of standardisaion (suppression of opional variaion at all levels of language) Stylisic features of text messaging and instant messaging. Ling and baron focused on the use of stylisic features which are claimed to typify text messaging genres: acronyms, abbreviaions, emoicons, omission of punctuaion marks. The use of emoicons and acronyms in texing is less prevalent in young people"s texing than reports suggest.
