John Mcwhorter's Txtng Is Killing Language

Technology has become so present in people’s lives that it drives young adults to text or even talk without using the correct norms. Whenever we think about texting, we think of slangs and having a conversation in our phones. Although it’s part of our lives, technology is still being developed together with humanity. We have all heard people using words in their everyday speech that were mainly created in texting. There are quite contrary opinions about it. Some educators think that anything that can get students to write produces a positive effect; and others see this as growing concern over humanity’s literacy. I believe these people, that see it as a negative aspect to language, can change their way of thinking of this.
In, John McWhorter’s TED talk, “Txtng is Killing Language” it is exposed a different way …show more content…
He supports his claims with facts and data, showing that his ideas have a back up to real examples and are not just personal thoughts. Language being an essential word in his thesis, he decides to not only give current examples but historical ones, such as the passage from “The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire” and other examples throughout the presentation. These proofs have a big impact on persuading his audience to the idea about this new language created by texting. There were a few characteristics of another technique of inducement, called Pathos. He clearly revolves around the audience’s fear of loss and the acceptance from them. The linguistic mentions that texting is not considered a written language; therefore it is not diminishing literacy from today’s generations. He seeks to attest his audience’s fear is something they should not be that much concerned about, and states that values change as generations change. Every thing he says, goes around his main idea, which is very important to display to the audience that all the facts he mentions are