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  • Essay / Internet and the Future of Language - 736

    Throughout the history of civilization, a new means of linguistic communication has always brought significant changes to the way we communicate. These media are printing in the 15th century, the telegraph and telephone in the 19th century, and finally television and the Internet in the 20th century. However, the scale and importance of the Internet in the sociolinguistic and stylistic complexity of language is unprecedented and comparable to that of conventional audio and visual quality of linguistic aspects. Unlike previous communication media, the Internet is global, interactive and electronic. These media characteristics have different influences on language development. Additionally, the Internet is also redefining the relationship between the written and spoken aspects of language. According to Dr. David Crystal, Internet language is called "written speech" or "spoken writing." In spoken language, there are two main differences between Internet language (aka Netspeak) and face-to-face conversation: on the one hand, in electronic conversation situations there is a lack of simultaneous feedback and, on the other hand, the rhythm of interaction in electronic situations. The conversation is slower than in conversational situations. Additionally, in written language, while traditional writing is static and permanent, Internet writing can be revised and restructured as necessary. Despite the fact that Netspeak displays both graphic and visual aspects, it can be said with certainty that Netspeak has both speaking and writing properties (Crystal 47). Sociolinguistically, the Internet has created what is called a virtual community. It is true that the Internet is globally connected and, at first glance, middle of paper......as above, Internet is not a simple technological revolution but also socio-historical revolutions . The characteristics of Internet activity lie in the interactivity between users with the use of language, mainly English, which has brought the global community closer than ever. English has long been spoken by an overwhelming number of non-native speakers, and some of the English they use is a distinctive variety of non-standard English. At this point, it is difficult to predict what grammatical changes non-standard English might cause in the future compared to standard English. The influence of non-native speakers on English seems inevitable despite native speakers' persistent resistance against deep structural constructs. changes. Works Cited Crystal, David. Language and the Internet. 1st edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Print.