Change In Language

Outside of linguistics how spoken language is used is a topic that insights vigorous debate amongst peers, different generations and can affect ones chances for employment. What fails to be acknowledged is the need for language change over the course of time and environment. There was an era in Greek poetry when they were looking to the past for poetic structure in order to relay the importance of history in their culture. Then the formation of Koine Greek was imperative to the growth of the Greek Nations, not to mention the spread of a religion which has its own political implications. These language changes are a result of the shift of time and environment of a culture.
One indicator of the environment or time of a culture is the usage of …show more content…
Prior to the invention of the engine there lacked a name for such mechanics so it derives from the word ingenuity. Another engine that was a catalyst in the growth of the English vocabulary is the automobile. The word drive comes from the German word Treiben which was just to describe the action taken to move animals by humans. However the word Fahrad in German means to drive, as in drive a vehicle. Although there was the concept of driving animals before vehicles, the meaning changed with the change of technology. Now the word driven has change to be used in verbal phrases. What is familiar now was once unfamiliar language in the past, much like the internet is changing our language now.
With the internet there have come different forms of communication, mail became snail-mail and the invention of the word email. This word the linguistic device of blending to create the word email from electronic mail. Then there are entirely new words such as blog, which is an online journal. While creating an online journal the noun converts to a verb of …show more content…
Although prescriptive language should balance the influence of descriptive language, it is also important to allow a portion of bleed-over in order to preserve the actual history of a culture. The evidence of colloquialism and coining new words builds the Grammatical Lexicon in such a way to improve it, rather than dilute it. Shakespeare is the best evidence of conversions becoming epic in a culture. Coloring the language with cinematic writing to present realism and adding dimensions to a flat palate. After all, words do not have to be lost, but the lack of creation is a death to a