Re:Why Has Language Changed So Much So Fast? ‘Because Internet’
by kazinator on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @09:14PM
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There are online forces that prevent language change. It's easier now than ever to have access to the language produced by vast numbers of ordinary people and to police it.
It's also easier now than ever to self-correct. For instance you can use a search engine to find the proper term for anything imaginable, so there is no need to introduce unnecessary words. (Most people who introduce new words do so because their vocabulary and access to material is lacking, not because they have invented or discovering something as of yet unnamed by anyone.)
People participating in online forums are now more keenly aware than ever of their own dialect, because they have ready access to large numbers of people from other regions. I think this will have the effect of globalizing language, through the expunging of unnecessary words in local dialects.
It's also easier now than ever to self-correct. For instance you can use a search engine to find the proper term for anything imaginable, so there is no need to introduce unnecessary words. (Most people who introduce new words do so because their vocabulary and access to material is lacking, not because they have invented or discovering something as of yet unnamed by anyone.)
People participating in online forums are now more keenly aware than ever of their own dialect, because they have ready access to large numbers of people from other regions. I think this will have the effect of globalizing language, through the expunging of unnecessary words in local dialects.