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TWITTER & LANGUAGE E
SL40
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Is Twitter Killing Literacy? So
cial
Med
ia
Language
Evolution of Language
Standard English
TWEET TWEET
Twitter Talk
Technology
Abbreviations
Workplace
Illiterate
#whatwecando High costs Society Telegraph users
19th
Cen
tury
M
icro
blog
ging
Creativity comes from constraint
140
Twitte
racy
Tweep
Dialect of English
Cho
ice
Educated
Mic
rob
log
gin
g
Differentiate
Code-switch S.E
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Subject Audience Purpose { }
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Twitter Conventions ( ) What’s happening?
140 Tweet
@myenglishprofessor – Used to address a fellow tweeter RT – Retweet #commontopics – Used for common topics
1. Symbols
2. Followers & Following 3. AbbreviaFons For example:
@myenglishprofessor RT @herlovelystudent Imma get your heart racing! ;) #KatyPerry
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Use of informal language
is a choice, not an
indication of illiteracy or
sloth.
Opponents:
Education Sector:
Insisted that these jargons and
abbreviations were affecting both
language and cognitive ability of
children (Shaughnessy, 2008).
Yet Dr. Plester argues:
Newer research shows a stronger
causal relationship between text
abbreviations and literacy skills.
(Petrillo, 2006)
Tweeps cannot
distinguish
Twitter talk from
Standard English.
Is Twitter Killing
Literacy?
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3 arguments
(Choice)
(Conclusion) (Evolution of language)
(Standard English defined by norm)
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“ the English that with respect to spelling,
Standard English
grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary is
” substantially uniform though not devoid of
Definition [stan-derd ing-glish] n.
regional differences.
“ it is well established by usage in the formal & informal speech & writing of the
” educated, and is widely recognized as acceptable whenever English is spoken & understood. (Merriam-Webster)
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#2
By the definition:
Standard English is the language accepted by the norm.
S.E. defined by norm
S.E≠ English
Assume S.E. = English
Standard English
S.E. is the right language
Anything else is NOT English
S.E. used by literate
S.E. is the Right language
IS TWITTER KILLING LITERACY?
Formal & informal S.E. used by the educated
TWIITER IS NOT KILLING LITERACY!
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( )
Remember the telegraph
in 19th century?
They used a shortened dialect of
language too (Schott, 2009).
Evolution of language
1. Technology
#3
Costs of Communication
More convenient to to use abbreviations, with choppy grammar.
T W I T T E R I S N O T DESTROYING LITERACY!
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A G A I N S T
Evaluation
KILLING LITERACY. T W I T T E R
{ Use of informal
dialect is a S.E. definition: Evolution of dependent on
While critiques believe that Twitter is crippling free expression, being able to express yourself concisely and clearly takes effort and creativity. }
choice. norm. language
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} { This is what I would’ve said if Twitter wasn’t being so #@*!
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So instead.. { } Constraints breed creativity.
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Q&A { }