Why is English Language continuously changing? English language is a language spoken throughout the world and its changing for several reasons. It changes because the needs of its speakers change, it could be as a result of the introduction of new words, swearing words, slangs, pronunciation, and technology for clear and efficient communication. New words like “Twerk” and “selfie” have been introduced and even added to Oxford Online Dictionary, English is becoming shorter and more efficient. Many of the changes begin with teens and young adults, as they interact with others of their age their language grows to include words and phrases which are different from those of the other generation. The sounds of language
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Language now evolves through our interaction with technology because most of the written language we see now is on computer screens, smart phones and tablets. In “Learn English Online: How the Internet is Changing Language,” some linguists anticipate that English will take control of the internet in 10 years because those who speak English as their second language have outnumbered the native speakers (O’Brien). Naomi Baron, a professor of Linguistics at American University in Washington DC states that the internet enfranchise people who are not native speakers to use English in a significant meaningful way, according to him all that matters on the internet is that people can communicate and nobody has the right to tell them what language to use . Again in “OMG: IM Slang is Invading Everyday English,” technology has changes the way some people talk especially teenagers. Technology affects the language in unexpected ways (ULABY), teens will prefer to shorten words or phrases for efficient and easy communication on social media, they’ll likely use OMG instead of oh my gosh, LOL instead of laugh out loud, LYLAS instead of love you like a sister, J k instead of just kidding. They use these abbreviations as a new mode of efficiently communicating with each other especially on social media. Professor …show more content…
This is evident in “8 Pronunciation Errors that Made the English Language What it is today,” malapropisms and mispronunciations are common in today’s English language. Research has shown that 340 of the 1000 people that have a survey on how to pronounce the word “ex-cetera” instead of etcetera and 260 people pronounce “ex-pressos,” rather than expressos. Most people pronounce thousands of words differently form the way they are pronounced, the Oxford Dictionary lists thousands of words but many people do not know how to pronounce them the way they are and this makes English language to sound and look different from what it was and what it is. This is connected to Simon Horobin’s “What will the English Language Be Like In 100 Years?” new “interlanguages” are emerging in which features of English are mingled with those of native language and other pronunciations. Looking back to the early 20th Century, it was the Standard English used in England spoken with the accent known as “Received Pronunciation,” that carried prestige but today the largest concentration of the native speakers in the US and the influenced of US English can be heard throughout the world. For example the word “Skedule” instead of schedule, most words are spelled and pronounced
Language now evolves through our interaction with technology because most of the written language we see now is on computer screens, smart phones and tablets. In “Learn English Online: How the Internet is Changing Language,” some linguists anticipate that English will take control of the internet in 10 years because those who speak English as their second language have outnumbered the native speakers (O’Brien). Naomi Baron, a professor of Linguistics at American University in Washington DC states that the internet enfranchise people who are not native speakers to use English in a significant meaningful way, according to him all that matters on the internet is that people can communicate and nobody has the right to tell them what language to use . Again in “OMG: IM Slang is Invading Everyday English,” technology has changes the way some people talk especially teenagers. Technology affects the language in unexpected ways (ULABY), teens will prefer to shorten words or phrases for efficient and easy communication on social media, they’ll likely use OMG instead of oh my gosh, LOL instead of laugh out loud, LYLAS instead of love you like a sister, J k instead of just kidding. They use these abbreviations as a new mode of efficiently communicating with each other especially on social media. Professor …show more content…
This is evident in “8 Pronunciation Errors that Made the English Language What it is today,” malapropisms and mispronunciations are common in today’s English language. Research has shown that 340 of the 1000 people that have a survey on how to pronounce the word “ex-cetera” instead of etcetera and 260 people pronounce “ex-pressos,” rather than expressos. Most people pronounce thousands of words differently form the way they are pronounced, the Oxford Dictionary lists thousands of words but many people do not know how to pronounce them the way they are and this makes English language to sound and look different from what it was and what it is. This is connected to Simon Horobin’s “What will the English Language Be Like In 100 Years?” new “interlanguages” are emerging in which features of English are mingled with those of native language and other pronunciations. Looking back to the early 20th Century, it was the Standard English used in England spoken with the accent known as “Received Pronunciation,” that carried prestige but today the largest concentration of the native speakers in the US and the influenced of US English can be heard throughout the world. For example the word “Skedule” instead of schedule, most words are spelled and pronounced