Source One:
The
Guardian. 2015. ICYMI, English language is changing faster than ever, says
expert. [Online]. [Accessed 11 July 2015]. Available from: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/01/icymi-english-language-is-changing-faster-than-ever-says-expert
(In this article the writer explains that the English Language is evolving quicker
lately due to social media and instant messaging. The Language Change can be
found greatly in "text speak" terms. The writer explores terms like
ICYMI (in case you missed it) and modern terms like "fleek" and
"bae". They surveyed 2,000 people to see if they knew what these
terms meant, and the results were very low.)
Source Two:
Hill, A.
2011. Singing to children may help development of language skills. [Online].
[Accessed 11 July 2015]. Available from: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/08/singing-children-development-language-skills
(The article explains that singing to children could actually help their
language development. Sally Goddard Blythe, a consultant developmental
education director has said that singing traditional lullabies and nursery
rhymes to babies and infants before they learn to speak is essential in later
educational success. It's a special type of speech which prepares the babies
voice, brain and ear for language that it will soon be taught. Hill explains
that there have been significant numbers of children that enter school and
nursery that have inadequate language skills as their parents haven't helped to
develop them.)
Source Three:
Sample, I.
2014. Talking to babies boosts their brain power, studies show. [Online].
[Accessed 22 July 2015]. Available from: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/14/talking-to-babies-brain-power-language
(In the article, she (Hill) explained that reading bedtime stories to babies
improves their brain power and so sets them up for school success. A
developmental psychologists has said that parents shouldn't just use simplistic
baby talk and should expand the language they use to talk to their child. The
psychologist described a series of experiments in which she tested children's
language processing skills. It found that when parents chatted more with their
children, their language processing improved and they learned new words more
swiftly.
Source Four:
Gill, M.
2013. Have we literally broken the English language? [Online]. [Accessed
30 July 2015]. Available from: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/13/literally-broken-english-language-definition
(Throughout the article she (Gill) talks about how language is changing by how
the word "literally" has changed. The original definition is "in
a literal manner or
sense" now, it means "to acknowledge that something is not literally
true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling". It then
states that we can't do anything about it as people would be surprised if it is
used in the original sense of the word. Also if it isn't literally it's another
word.
Source Five:
Kleinman, Z.
How the internet is changing language. [Online].
[Accessed 25 August 2015]. Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10971949
(In the article Kleinman writes about the different ways that internet is
changing our language. An example would be 'to Google'. Years ago this phrase
would have no meaning, now it means to search something on Google's search
engine. Other ways are super slang in computers (Control, Alt, Delete) and Word
play. An example of Word play is Lolcats. There would be a picture of a cat
accompanied by a deliberately grammatically incorrect caption. She overall
shows that this could be the future of our communication and language.
Good range of reading - are you inspired to look at anything relevant to these for your investigation?
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