Hi y’all. I’m majoring in English and I’m trying to make a research paper. I really wanna add a report to my thesis. Please answer the following questions if you have some time. Also you don’t have to make the answes super large if you don’t want to. Just your participation would be much appreciated. Questions.

  1. Age?

  2. Profession?

  3. Do you enjoy reading books? If yes, from which era? (New or old)

  4. Do you think the language used in earlier pieces are different from the language used in contemporary books?

  5. Do you think the change in language that is happening in the present time is happening faster than before due to the involvement of technology and social media? (Use of Slangs and informal internet language)

  6. Contemporary books nowadays use short-forms, internet slangs, emojis, abbreviations or even insert images in the pages. According to you are these positive or negative changes? Thanks in advance lovely people.

  • monsterosaleviosa@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

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    2. Disabled

    3. Yes, both.

    4. I don’t think this is an opinion thing. Yes, factually. Language evolves, and in writing, it’s seen most in fictional narratives.

    5. Yes, but I believe it’s because technology gives us access to many more voices from many more places.

    6. I don’t see them as changes. Slang has long been used in fictional narratives. Many classic authors specifically reference cultural memes specifically because it makes their writing more accessible. Images in text certainly aren’t new. Are you familiar with illuminated manuscripts? Abbreviations aren’t new, either. One of the difficulties of interpreting very old works is not being familiar with the common abbreviations of the day. What we see today are just continuations of literary traditions, adapted to contemporary culture.