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Rama09 [41]
4 years ago
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1. In contrast to what many older generations believe about texting, discuss McWhorter’s views on the subject. What does he thin

k and why?
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belka [17]4 years ago
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Answer:

McWhorter’s view on texting is that it is an amazing thing, showing the evolution of our language.

Alex787 [66]4 years ago
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John McWhorter is an American linguist, born 1965. Through his academic work he mostly focuses on Creole language forms and it's relationship with other languageges.

He calls texting a "fingered speech". It has its own distinct rules and structure. For him texting presents a linguistic miracle which is inventing its own grammar. This opinion is contrary to the opinion of texting as a degradation of a modern written language. For him, texting much more resembles spoken language. And far from being ruined, language and texting is a work is developing and progressing all the time, but now at a faster pace.

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