Essay on Texting
HOW DOES TEXTING AFFECT LANGUAGE
Language change is a universal fact that occurs very regularly. If we go back, in all the existing languages, they are not the same as they were when they were first developed. If we think about it nobody talks the same as they use to 20 or 50 years ago. Language is the way people communicate with each other, express their feelings and emotions so since the world itself changes, it is inevitable for language to remain the same, for people’s way of communication changes and will still continue to alter. As McMahon (1994) claims, speakers of a language are the ones who change it and are not conscious that they do so. Even though it is us humans who change the language, why is it that when it occurs some try to prevent it?
Like all other languages the English language has changed enormously since it was first developed, Decade by decade, year by year new words enter the English vocabulary that are needed in order to meet the changes in technology and many other things that occur in our lifetime. Not only new words are inserted into a language’s vocabulary, but pronunciation changes as well. An example of a big historic language change that befell years ago is the Great Vowel Shift and many claim that even the Queen changed the way she speaks.
Texting is a rather new phenomenon that emerged in our lives due to the change in the way people communicate with each other and the development of technology. Text messaging otherwise called SMS for short messaging service, according to Farina and Lyddy (2011) is the transmission of text using a mobile phone. These types of messages mostly involve one-to-one people that know each other. Texting developed in the 1990’s and it is now the most common way of communication especially in teenagers. This way of communication became very popular due to the fact that one can convey their meaning in a shorter, quicker way. It is cheaper and easier to get to the point than a phone call or a voice
Language change is a universal fact that occurs very regularly. If we go back, in all the existing languages, they are not the same as they were when they were first developed. If we think about it nobody talks the same as they use to 20 or 50 years ago. Language is the way people communicate with each other, express their feelings and emotions so since the world itself changes, it is inevitable for language to remain the same, for people’s way of communication changes and will still continue to alter. As McMahon (1994) claims, speakers of a language are the ones who change it and are not conscious that they do so. Even though it is us humans who change the language, why is it that when it occurs some try to prevent it?
Like all other languages the English language has changed enormously since it was first developed, Decade by decade, year by year new words enter the English vocabulary that are needed in order to meet the changes in technology and many other things that occur in our lifetime. Not only new words are inserted into a language’s vocabulary, but pronunciation changes as well. An example of a big historic language change that befell years ago is the Great Vowel Shift and many claim that even the Queen changed the way she speaks.
Texting is a rather new phenomenon that emerged in our lives due to the change in the way people communicate with each other and the development of technology. Text messaging otherwise called SMS for short messaging service, according to Farina and Lyddy (2011) is the transmission of text using a mobile phone. These types of messages mostly involve one-to-one people that know each other. Texting developed in the 1990’s and it is now the most common way of communication especially in teenagers. This way of communication became very popular due to the fact that one can convey their meaning in a shorter, quicker way. It is cheaper and easier to get to the point than a phone call or a voice