Technology

Question 1

Intro

Answer 1

• Technology has had a substantial effect on the english language in which we use today.
• The question is though, has it augmented, constrained or stimulated the language and human- to -human interaction in a positive or negative way?
• From communicating by email to messaging over text, digital english has become both an affordance and a constraint on how we communicate on a daily basis.
• For instance, according to Eisenstein (1979), an enriching advantage to computer-mediated communication is that it has changed how people interact with each other, like allowing old friends from secondary school to reconnect with each other.

Question 2

David crystal - effect of SMS

Answer 2

• stated that the introduction of SMS led to the improvement of its decades later
• this enabled for people to text in a more concise and quick manner meaning things that used to be time consuming to write could now be written in a compact and fast message

Question 3

Crystal - effect of text messages

Answer 3

• argues that text messaging has also made response more synchronic, so senders and recipients are communicating in real lifetime

Question 4

Sutherland

Answer 4

• believes that technology linguistically is all pig ears as it masks dyslexia, poor spelling and mental laziness

Question 5

John Humphrey’s

Answer 5

• text messaging is ruining our language and pillaging our vocabulary

Question 6

Coventry university researchers

Answer 6

• children who use textisms are more familiar with English phonemes and are better at manipulating language.
• texting provides an opportunity for creativity and the chance to develop language skills