Essay 3: Technology involvement in language
In the book, Sista Tongue, Lisa Linn Kanae explores the struggles of growing up to learn the creole language of Hawaii, Pidgin. She tells her life story and her little brother through an academic and pidgin voice throughout the book. Language is the backbone for communications in our contemporary world. In the context of human history, language had evolved throughout time but technology has shown a significance advancement that contributed to human society. Technology in contemporary society has modified the way people communicate with each other many ways. Technology innovation such as Twitter, Facebook, and MMS messages have greatly influence the communication aspect to the exchange of information. …show more content…
The first and most significant of these changes is in the area of speech and writing differences. Merchant stated, “spoken language has often been characterized by its ephemeral nature, being primarily associated with face-to face interaction.” That is true that language is associated with interactions through contact but technology has proven that it is not necessary to speak to a person directly but indirectly, for example mobile phone MMS …show more content…
New technology has often been seen as male dominated.” This study provided that girls can be both comfortable and confident with new technology as they experiment with using different communication formats, such as e-mails, chatrooms and text-messages for different social purposes through Merchant observation. In doing this they are developing a new and fast form of written
In the book, Sista Tongue, Lisa Linn Kanae explores the struggles of growing up to learn the creole language of Hawaii, Pidgin. She tells her life story and her little brother through an academic and pidgin voice throughout the book. Language is the backbone for communications in our contemporary world. In the context of human history, language had evolved throughout time but technology has shown a significance advancement that contributed to human society. Technology in contemporary society has modified the way people communicate with each other many ways. Technology innovation such as Twitter, Facebook, and MMS messages have greatly influence the communication aspect to the exchange of information. …show more content…
The first and most significant of these changes is in the area of speech and writing differences. Merchant stated, “spoken language has often been characterized by its ephemeral nature, being primarily associated with face-to face interaction.” That is true that language is associated with interactions through contact but technology has proven that it is not necessary to speak to a person directly but indirectly, for example mobile phone MMS …show more content…
New technology has often been seen as male dominated.” This study provided that girls can be both comfortable and confident with new technology as they experiment with using different communication formats, such as e-mails, chatrooms and text-messages for different social purposes through Merchant observation. In doing this they are developing a new and fast form of written