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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Gretchen McCulloch • 2 highlights
amazon.com
Every speaker is learning how to write exquisite layers of social nuance that we once reserved for speech, whether we mark them by switching alphabets, switching languages, or respelling words.
Gretchen McCulloch • Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
How Algorithms Are Changing the Way We Speak
podcasts.apple.comthis is cultural osmosis at scale. this kid absorbed english, complete with phonetic nuance (american accent) because of fucking youtube without being taught.
proof that the internet as both homogenizer & divergence engine… most ppl converge to a global median (same memes, same slang, same aesthetics), but a small... See more
signüllx.comInternet ‘algospeak’ is changing our language in real time, from ‘nip nobs’ to ‘le dollar bean’
Taylor Lorenzwashingtonpost.comLanguage is a virus, an autonomous entity that operates independently of human intervention. It attaches itself to a host, feeds off it, grows, and spreads from one host to another. We are infected by language; its power lies not in its straightforward ability to communicate or persuade but in its infectious nature. Bits of language graft onto... See more
@CHLOE21E8x.comthat, just as your weak ties are a greater source of new information like gossip and employment opportunities than your close friends who already know the same things you do, more weak ties also lead to more linguistic change.