Language Diversity - Language and Technology
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- Created on: 25-03-19 16:43
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- Language and Technology
- Key Terms
- Neologism: creation of new words
- Prosumer: an individual who is both a producer and consumer
- Computer Mediated Communication (CMC): a hybrid form of communication where elements of spoken and written features combine.
- Initialism: using the first letter of each word e.g. lol
- Technology has shaped the influence of new words and their growth
- Studying language and technology encompasses personal, social and political perspectives.
- How does Language change?
- neologisms
- graphology and orthography
- lexis and semantics
- phonology
- syntax and morphology
- text and discourse
- changes to word class
- John Humphrey's article
- Texting and abbreviations have started ruining the English language
- Technology has had a negative impact on the Dictionary
- Hyphen has been removed from roughly 16,000 words
- Key Terms
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