Re:Why Has Language Changed So Much So Fast? ‘Because Internet’
by _emacsomancer_ on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @12:50PM
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So you don't speak anymore?
It's not just because orthography emerged later, but because it's entirely parasitic upon actual language. It's simply a representation, so the font metaphor is entirely appropriate. The representation can be changed in arbitrary ways that don't really affect the underlying structure.
Re:Why Has Language Changed So Much So Fast? ‘Because Internet’
by marcus_holmes on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @06:31AM
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also, when talking about modern communication, as the TFA says, it's all written.
Text is king, people don't talk on the phone any more, we text each other. I think I type at least as many words as I speak every day, and on some reclusive days, many, many more.
And because people infer emotional content from subtle cues in text, orthography is important now.
Re:Why Has Language Changed So Much So Fast? ‘Because Internet’
by _emacsomancer_ on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @05:00PM
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> also, when talking about modern communication, as the TFA says, it's all written.
You don't talk to anyone?
Re:Why Has Language Changed So Much So Fast? ‘Because Internet’
by marcus_holmes on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @05:39PM
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I have been known to text my girlfriend when she's sitting next to me. She does the same.
And that era was a primitive, oral tradition, era. Just because something emerged later doesn't mean it's not as deep, or even more important, than what was there previously. Else gestures and groans would be even "deeper" than language (they are with us for hundreds of thousands of years before language).
Also many would argue that orthography is not just "what font you use for writing code", but has deeper connections with the language (historical and etymological for one, orthography gives us hints about the meaning and etymology of words).