Language Changing Quicker Than Ever

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3063455/English-language-changing-fast-words-majority-not-understand.html

 This article shows how quickly our English language is currently changing with most parents not understanding what their children are saying. Most children nowadays rely on emoji's to express what they are trying to say and are using words that their parents have never even heard of. Once older people catch up on the new words in the language, they are not used any more and completely new words are being used, so how are the older generation supposed to catch up on the language the youth of today is using? 

Example Of Accent

Accent is potentially influenced by social class and where you grow up. In this video Terry, a Bristolian, explains how people from Bristol say phrases in different ways compared to other parts of the country. This can be seen as an exaggeration of the accent and dialect or it can be seen as an exact replica. 

David Crystal: You Say Potato

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ybrai

This video is of David Crystal talking about accent. Accent levelling is happening across the country due to people moving across the country e.g. movement for employment. 

However, it is obvious there is no one accent across the country as David Crystal does suggest there is bi-dialect ism.  

Steven Pinker: What Our Language Habits Reveal

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought

Class Notes

• Language Change: Descriptive attitudes towards language/Prescriptive attitudes towards language
• Descriptivism/Prescriptivism
• Standard English has to be kept somehow
• Language is a window onto Human Nature 
• Language emerges from human minds interacting with one another
• Visible in unstoppable change in language- Slang & Jargon, historical change, dialect divergence, language formation
• Communication model- Sender, Message, Receiver 
• Euphemistic language used to dodge topics not wanting to speak about
• Context means everything- Social, Historical and Cultural 

Ted Talks

https://www.ted.com/talks?page=2&q=language&sort=newest

This link will take you directly to Ted Talks language searched lectures. 

Variations of FPA

FPA: Form, Purpose, Audience 

• http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-weeknd/16229 

Form: Music review 

Purpose: To review The Weekends new album and hear someone else's opinion on it.  

Audience: People who are intrested in music, the band or want to learn about the music. 

Evidence:

Such moments eclipse Tesfaye’s clever gothic flair and, by extension, are at total odds with the pop packaging of this record. He may have softened his edge, upped the production and pulled in the stars, but The Weeknd remains an outsider.

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3236581/Student-lost-leg-Alton-Towers-crash-says-relief-limb-amputated-days-pain-six-operations.html

Form: A recent newspaper article 

Purpose: to inform people of the latest goings on in the case of the Smiler ride at Thorpe Park

Audience:  Some who reads the newspaper or wants to keep up to date with the story.

• http://www.vogue.com/13336962/oscar-de-la-renta-spring-2016-runway-news/ 

Form: A magazine article from a fashion/beauty magazine

Purpose: inform readers of the latest trends and celebrity happenings

Audience: people who want to keep up to date with the latest fashion and celebrity trends. 

Evidence:

She might be wearing a floral print, but Peter Copping’s muse at Oscar de la Renta this season is no wallflower. From the lacy cocktail dresses to the breathtaking gowns, get the lowdown on Copping’s latest here.

• http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/me_and_earl_and_the_dying_girl/

Form: Film review

Purpose: To hear someones opinion on the film and what it is briefly about

Audience: People who are thinking about going to see the film and would like an opinion on what it is like. 

• http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Fault-in-Our-Stars,-The.html

Form: A script from a film

Purpose: To entertain the viewer/listener

Audience: The actor/actress performing the part 

Evidence:

HAZEL (V.O.)

           On the one hand, you can sugar coat

           - the way they do in movies and

          - "Perfect" Hazel and "Perfect" Gus sit on a BENCH

           romance novels.

          She rests her head on his shoulder.

          overlooking an incredible seascape in some foreign country.

Social Media Taking Over English Language?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11574196/new-forms-of-social-media-terms-which-parents-do-not-understand.html

I have recently read the article above which explains how 'text talk' is being used all over social media and therefore is slowly changing the English language. For people who are not aware of these new words and abbreviations it can be very confusing. 

In the article it states that " 86 per cent of all British parents think teenagers speak an entirely different language on social media and mobile messaging." Could this mean that when this younger generation grows older the English language will have completely changed, or will 'text talk' eventually become outdated like the article suggest has already happened with certain phrases. The article also includes a little quiz to test your knowledge on these abbreviations and phrases, some more obvious than others. 

It also speaks about how we are now using a photographic way of communication, mainly emoticons, and claims that maybe in the future these icons will take over the 'text talk' language.