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Impact of Media on Language Evolution

Explore how media influences language evolution through slang, speech trends, journalism, and historical language shifts. Discover the debate on linguistic changes and the media's role as a linguistic mirror.

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Impact of Media on Language Evolution

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  1. Media’s Influence on English By: Melissa Bertling and Charity Turner

  2. Game • Change is ???????

  3. Game • Change is value neutral • What are some example of change in our environment? • If change were “bad” audiences wouldn’t use media lingo in their every day lives

  4. Survey • Do you think there is a problem with the way the youth of America speaks? Majority said: Yes -Honestly, yes. Texting, IM, and Email are great but youth is taking the slang they use for those medias and using them in everyday life. -Yes, the way they speak comes across disrespectful and rude. • Do you think journalists are undereducated? Majority said: No -50/50 -No, they just need to be educated in the areas that they are reporting in.

  5. Do you think there is a proper way to speak? Majority said: Yes -I would like not to be bias but I do find myself thinking one way is better than another. -Yes and no. Some people speak different than others and they might think their way is proper, not yours. • Do you think movies influence our speech? Majority said: Yes -Yes, once Paris Hilton said, “That’s hot,” and it caught on. People try to imitate their role models. -Yes, people will follow trends set by “cool” actors and actresses -No, movies have the same speech we use in our own lives.

  6. Do you think language change is good? Majority said: No - Not really. It reflects poorly on us as a country with all of our slang. Our youth is our future and everything they do or will do represents the US. -No, I don’t want to learn another language. • Do you think media invents slang terms? Majority said: Yes -I think they do come up with slang terms or sayings that will catch peoples attention or hope it will catch on. -Yes, people catch on to terms they hear from the media. -No people invent them, not the media.

  7. Linguistic Criminals • In the past parents, teachers, and the press have all been blamed for corrupting English • Currently, it’s the media, tv, movies, radio, newspapers and magazines are at fault • Journalists have been accused of making mistakes in grammar, pronunciations and vocab usage

  8. Examples from article • The media does not initiate changes in language, it only reflects the current usage by the population • The media are linguistic mirrors: they reflect current usage and extend it • California to Ohio- dude, gay, queer, mini

  9. More examples • Language is like a thermostat- it constantly regulates itself • Media showcases modern language and how to use it clearly. • You and me versus You and I

  10. Even more examples • Shakespeare used the phrase between you and I 400 years ago when he wrote The Merchant of Venice • The controversy of kilometer - KilOmeter

  11. History • The Roman Empire in England brought in Latin influences. • The Romans left leaving the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Friesens to incorporate into language. • Christianity brought monks who brought latin influece into language

  12. History Continued • Vikings came first to conquer and then to intermarry bringing with them their Norse language • Battle of Hastening brought Norman French and 10,000 french words into English. • Norman French, also, brought prestige in language.

  13. History Continued • Chaucer- chose to write in English- the language of the peasants. • Caxton- printing press in London- standardized English to London Variety • Shakespeare- analogy and backformation • Prescriptivists: Tower of Babel, Greek and Latin • Standardized, Refined, and Fixed

  14. Examples • How to pronounce Nevada • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC9A-O9F5oE • Hugh Laurie • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ0Qq4zsJyY&feature=related • Surf’s Up Video example of media’s reflection • http://youtube.com/watch?v=d1RH866AvJQ • Veronica Mars example of mirrored California college frat boy speech • http://youtube.com/watch?v=DDYxuUof6eQ&feature=related • Randy Jackson and radio example or reflection • http://youtube.com/watch?v=FFEAcfIvJmc&feature=related

  15. Sources • http://www.equalvoice.ca/uploads/123_45c4d291a0eb6.jpg • http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/merchant/ • http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/photos/events/Feb08/Paris_Hilton_Picture1.php • http://topshelf.entrepreneur.com/2007/09/ • http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/directory/c/criminals.asp • http://www.makejoerich.com/images/brettshirt.jpg • http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/08/personal_reflections/source/3.htm • http://www.freefoto.com/preview/05-08-11?ffid=05-08-11&k=Three+Crosses • http://www.battle1066.com/vikpic.shtml • http://visopsys.org/andy/essays/herodotus-babylon.html

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