Language and websites

How does technology effect the language?

The context of this website is information and facts about gansta rap a genre of music, that more likely targets younger people but can be aimed at the older generation who are interested in finding out more about gansta rap. Or it could simple be people who enjoy with genre of music in general. The purpose of this page is to inform the target audience about gansta rap and to entertain them also.

The choice of lexis for this page is suitable for the audience, which is standard english and words that are more likely to be used by the older generation but can still be understood by young people as well. An example of this would be the word; 'pioneered' it is used to describe when the genre of music came together. They use more educated words like this to make it sound factual and making it more believable for the audience, however at the same time can be read by youngsters. All these words are typical to the structure of the Wikepedia page because some chosen words are underlined and highlighted in blue. You can click on these words to find out more information and facts the the word in particular.

internet slang

initialism
AFK: away from keyboard
ASL: age, sex, location
BDTD:
IME:

Acronyms
GAL: get a life
MOF: matter of fact

Abbreviations
G/F: Girlfriend
J/J:
TNX: thanks
W/: with

semi-phonetic equivilant
F2F:
G2G: Got to go
T2

How the internet has influenced language

Technology’s role in our lives is astonishing. Its effect on the way we communicate has changed the English language forever.

• shortened phrases; 'Oh my God' (Omg) and now people are starting to say the shortened phrase in real life instead of the whole sentence. another example of this would be; 'Laughing out loud' (lol)

• slang; people use slang in our generation because they think it sounds and looks good. New words have also been invented by young people and are used all over the internet, and then influences young people to say these words whether their behind a computer screen or not.

• It’s slightly less in-your-face, but the Internet is also shifting the words we use to speak to one another, not just the way we choose to communicate. Our obsession with the Internet even influences the simple act of talking – out loud, in real life (IRL, if you prefer). Certain acronyms, neologisms, and abbreviations have infiltrated everyday speech – if I say something like “OMG, WTF, why did my ex like my status, obvi I’m unfriending him,” most people would know what I’m talking about (even if they’ll roll their eyes at how annoying I am). Since people often communicate online and through text messages, truncated turns of phrase and space-saving emoticons are now mainstream.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Internet

History
The history of the Internet began with the development of electronic computers in the 1950s. The internet began as ARPANET a US military network, which gradually linked in to educational and research organisations around the United States. In other parts of the world, similar networks, such as JANET in the UK, developed. Over time, all these seperate networks have linked together using a common TCP/IP to create the internet. Commercial organisations are increasingly using the internet, which has raised its profile. Estimates suggest there were some 35 million users in 1995 in the world and its use is rapidly expanding into the home. In the Uk 1.5 million people used the internet in the past year and 50% of parents want their children to experience the internet at school.

The internet was developed because of the 'cold war' a power struggle between communist and non communist countried that lasted from 1945 to 1987. In the early 1950's, the united states defense planner were concerned about what would happen if soviet nuclear weapons destroyed key parts of the United States'communication system.