Language And Technology Flashcards
Where did technology originate from
Hieroglyphs used in ancient Egypt
Takes the form of a pictured to represent an entire word
Emojis?
Who were the Phoenicians
Developers of the alphabetic writing system
When was caxtons eggs
1476
When was Johnson’s dictionaries
1755
When was the fax machine invented
1924
Electronic emails
First email entered limit use in the 1960s
Ray Tomlinson
World Wide Web
1990
Impact of technology on language change
Functional theory
Vocabulary changes because new objects are invented
LPS/ Cassettes
Creation of new words
Borrowings
Compounding
Blending
Acronyms/ initialisms
Terms
Amelioration- words take on a more positive meaning
Determinism- language determines the way we think and behave
Pejoration- words take on a more negative meaning
Reflectionism- language reflects the society that produces it
Sapir- wharf hypothesis- language constructs our view of the world
Semantic reclamation
Taking language that has negative connotations and trying to overturn them by using the language in new ways
E.g slut, bitch, bossy
Prescriptivist versus descriptivists theorists
Decay, decline and doom (an old age concern)
Jean Aitchison
K Ratcliffe
1983 times article
What is declinism
A perception that English is in an irreversible decline from once great peak
What is complain tradition
Blame is often laid on young, technology and immigration
Textese
An abbreviated form of language used in texting, instant messaging, chat room
