(p2 B) 21st century english Flashcards
What are the ways we use technology?
-to communicate with people
-to organise our schedules and budgets
-for banking
-execute daily functions (heating)
-creating and distributing media
-making and showcasing art
what is the relationship between language and technology?
-technology requires language to be brought into existence
-tech is controlled, instructed and modified by language
-users use language to get the tech to do something
what impacts has technology had on the english language?
-ruined the ability to be in the moment
-given us more communication freedom
what language changes have happened due to technology?
-abbreviations and acronyms
-new terminology
-words being appropriated to mean something else (troll)
-made conversation more casual
-communication through writing (all caps is shouting)
-rise in multimodal linguistic,visual, gestural and aural
who talks about the origins and development of the english language?
John Alego
what are the six ways Alego said new words are formed?
-loaning
-composites (combinations of other words)
-innovation
-blending (part from two words and combining them)
-shifts (change their functions or meaning over time)
-shortenings (part of words left out for brevity)
what types of shifts are there?
-amelioration: meaning of word become more positive
-pejoration: meaning of word is more negative
-widening: meaning of word broadens
what type of shortenings are there?
-clippings: clipped down to shorter forms
-acronyms:letter of each words in a phrase to make a new word
-initialisms (ong)
what type of composites are there?
-compounding
-affixation: prefixes and suffixes
what are features of web pages?
navigational features
web banner
flash elements
advertisement
multimedia feature
web links
interactive elements
what is the history of text speak?
requires multiple presses to get one letter
similar to telegraphs which charged by the word
what are features of text messages?
initialisation
reductions,shortenings, omission
reactive token
pictograms
logogram
gramogram
paralinguistic features
capitalisation
emoticons
variation of spelling
punctuation or lack off
what is text speak?
david crystal
shortened and informal language
acronyms
abbreviations
omitting vowels
what are characters in text?
any sign to represent language
when people need to reduce number of characters
-telegrams
-sms
-tweets
how does text speak form our identity?
form social bonds
sense of belonging
what are gramograms?
a letteral word
word is phonetically similar to a letter
cu
what is a logogram?
<3
written sign or character
what are client based emails?
used by business users
email downloaded from a server to an application
microsoft outlook
internet server provide an email account, password, mailbox
broadband connection always on and flat rate subscription
what is web mail?
usually free
users sign up to services
gmail yahoo
given username ,password, personal mailbox
what is the structure of an email?
intro
body
closing
attachments
what are important email terms?
to
from
cc (carbon copy)
bcc (blind carbon copy)
subject
what is the importance of email?
faster
cheaper
written record
benefits of using email?
fast
24hours a day
sent from any computer
cheap
can be sent to on or several people
constraints of using email?
access to internet
viruses
phishing
no guarantee they will respond
spam
