Social Networking Sites are having a clear impact on language.
The creation of social networking sites eg Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are responsible for some new words being created.
Selfie: Slang phrase used to describe a photo that is taken of oneself where the right or left arm is extended with the camera held backwards.
This analogism is commonly used on social networking sites, and a song has even been named after it.
Teenagers and technology have a role to play in the creation of analogies such as these.
Site specific slang is created on each social networking site.
"Selfie" is now in the English Dictionary - The denotation of Selfie in the English Dictionary is: noun (informal)
"a photograph taken by pointing a camera at oneself"
www.collinsdictionary.com
The word tweet has undergone broadening.
The word tweet originally referred to the sound that a bird makes however now refers to a short message posted on Twitter.
Follow - has undergone diachronic change as in the past it would have meant to physically follow someone in person however by clicking the follow button twitter it now means that their daily posts will be accessible on your home screen for you to view.
Twitter also created the analogism "hash tag" which is now used on other social networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram.
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/Twitter_Dictionary_Guide.asp
Shows other coinages, analogisms and slang created directly by Twitter.
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/06/social-media-changing-language/
An important element of Twitter syntax is the hash tag – a clickable keyword used to categorize tweets. Hash tags have also spread to other social media platforms – and they’ve even reached everyday speech.
Hash tags are now found all over popular culture, for example on greeting cards, tshirts and the dialogue of sitcom characters.
Friday, 30 January 2015
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Diverse Speech
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." --Henry Ford
Within your place of work you will notice that members of your workforce have differences such as gender, race, age and sexuality. However these differences don't just exist in your workforce, you may find them in your social groups and also sports teams. The question is, do you value our diverse culture as much as you should do?
Diverse speech is something that you should value. The way in which individuals speak differently to you, due to differences in gender, race, age and sexuality should not be perceived as a problem. In the workplace equality is crucial in order to work together as a team. Every word that each person says should be valued just the same, because who knows whether the idea your colleague is giving to the table is just an addition to the brainstorming or will become the reason for your businesses financial success.
Deborah Tannen, a language and gender theorist suggests that the reasons for male and female conversation differs. For example men stereotypically look to build status in conversation and therefore will frequently interrupt women, and will use imperatives in order to express dominance whereas women look to provide and receive support. These gender differences can benefit you in searching for your career for example expressing dominance is a key skill attached to a managerial career, and the need to provide support is a key skill in order to be a teacher. However just because you like to be dominant, doesn't mean you have to be a manager, and just because you don't like to be dominant, doesn't mean you can't be a manager, it's just an idea.
Commentary: I used synthetic personalisation such as "you" and "your" in order to make the article more personal, which I hope will result in each individual reader feel involved, so they are more likely to engage in the article, and want to read on and take in what is being said.
The use of rhetorical questions such as "do you value our diverse culture as much as you should do" persuades the reader to think about the question in more depth, so that they gain an opinion of themselves, however they don't have to provide their answer.
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