Some people argue that texting or other web based interactions can be creative forms of language use. Others believe that people only use these forms of communication due to laziness‚ or just lack of knowledge of the English language. In my opinion; texting is a mixture of both. Common ‘text language’ includes abbreviating many different words‚ which in my opinion requires a certain level of intellect and knowledge of the English language to be able to do in the first place. However‚ I also understand
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‘The use of the imagination or originality’ is how the Oxford English Dictionary defines creativity. This reliable tome seems as a good a place as any to offer the starting point of my argument on what it means to be creative and how this is subsequently applied to web based interactions. The argument that I will be putting forward is that no only have web based interactions and texting become such a commodity‚ it is also educative. The youth‚ the homogenize a breath of people and generations‚ are
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The New Texting Language: Bilingual or Lazy? The use of cell phones has taken over this generation’s communication with each other. According to Timothy Barranco‚ he says that in “Today’s society the youth are becoming bilingual without even realizing it.” (Barranco Pg.27) The author analyzes whether the texting language can be considered a second language‚ or is the new language just another way for Americans to diminish the English language. In the article “A Way with Words‚ or Away with Words:
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Explore the varieties of and attitudes to texting 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
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Texting is constantly changing our language. It is a relatively new worldwide phenomenon that is an example of language in evolution. The use of abbreviations‚ digits and the general absence of any vowels has changed the way we can communicate with people and how we use the written word by mobile phone.There are critics however such as author John Humphrys who wrote I h8 texting he believes that texting is ruining our language and that it makes people lazy with how they write. By exploring and comparing
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In the twenty-first century‚ texting is all the rage. If a person is in the market for a new phone‚ they may choose from a large selection of full keyboard phones to make texting easier and faster. Then there is the large choice of packages that are available. One can chose a plan with just minutes to talk or a plan with talk and text or even a plan with just texting. There is a plan out there for everyone. Texting may seem easy‚ convenient and the greatest invention in communication since E-mail
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point‚ that text messaging is destroying English. Paragraph Two: DC also summarizes John Sutherland’s paper from 2002 which asserts that texting is an ugly‚ illiterate version of English. Paragraph Three: DC places Humphry‚ Sutherland‚ and others who criticize texting shorthand into a longer history of critics who have opposed new media for using language‚ such as telegraph‚ telephone‚ radio‚ and television. Paragraph Four: Initiates a history of SMS‚ the technology is older (mid-1980s) than
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going to compare two extracts of writing‚ about World War 1. I am going to look at the use of language the writers use to express their views on war. For the first extract I’ve chosen a very famous piece ‘A Soldiers declaration’ by Siegfried Sassoon written in July 1917‚ I am comparing this against a letter written home by a junior officer from Flanders in 1916. Extract 1‚ A Soldiers Declaration is a very formal piece of writing‚ the writer starts of by informing the readers that he is ‘making
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Facebook and IM chat have revolutionized the way communicate and causing rapid change in linguistics. The use of these sites threatens the education system and the appropriate prescriptive grammar. This essay will inquire whether text abbreviations
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whether texting is actually destroying the English language. Arguments against this statement are varied; some believe it helps the children communicate more effectively. As a child communicating by text can be seen as ‘cool’ i personally believe it’s just a trend that like others will come and go. At the moment the trend of text message language is very popular and with most English citizens owning a mobile it is very widely spread but i doubt people actually use text message language in everyday
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