subject: With The Technology Of Today Are Dialects Innovating Faster [print this page] Did you understand there are now more people in China who speak English compared to whole population of the United States Of America? Perhaps you discovered that out when you saw the YouTube movie "Did You Know 2.0" but even if you did not, you surely understand the movements going on, the ditto is happening in India, and presently 24% of the world's population speaks English. However, you could ask what type of English are they talking? It seems they are speaking a quite simple English, and as per the definition that might be 850 words or so.
Because the new people getting into the English language aren't studying the full vocabulary, adequate to get by, and simply because they are engaging on line in internet sites, commenting on websites, and reading all they can - more and more newspapers who would like to reach that international market will also be dummying down the terminology to a fifth grade reading level, simply because they need these international persons to read their online information, and to consider the ads. They want the strikes, opinions, and enough people to click those advertisements to manage to continue their online news venues.
Now then, I first asked the question when visiting here, which is the name of this article "do languages evolve faster due to a worldwide interconnectedness?" Yes, they do develop faster. But that does not mean they change better, or in a way which promotes better communication, better understanding, and more thought flow with fewer words. In fact, with the abbreviations in txt messaging, on twitter, and on many of the internet sites we seem to be dummying down our language to meet the normal degree of reading of those that speak English.
You could say then, that our language is growing to have more abbreviations, and some newer terms, nonetheless it is also devolving, instead of growing into a better language for communication. That my friends is a major issue, and as we reach critical mass in crossing the international digital divide, we could find that the last era of good literature is now past us, and that the devolving of our language may also be dummying down our thought process.
Now then, realize that he wrote the word "may" and he is right, since the jury is still out. With the addition of more visitors to the international discussion, we are also growing perception and points of view which will increase thinking, but maybe that will only be for a short period of time, but within the long term, sophisticated thinking could become an issue of the past. That's a scary notion isn't it? Indeed I am hoping you will please consider all this and think about it.
