Many critics of the newfound form of communication say, "Texting spells the decline and fall of any kind of serious literacy, or at least writing ability, of young people in the United States, and now the whole world today" (Perf. John McWhorter). Texting is a miraculous emerging complexity that is very different from traditional writing. Many people refer to the new medium of communication as "fingered speech," because it is speaking with hands through an advanced technological system. This innovative technology promotes more of an informal use of language (Perf. John McWhorter). Many pragmatic particles (language with no direct meaning) are being used to help structure the new communication extraordinaire. Texting speeds up conversation, minimizes inconvenience and effort, and helps with time tremendously. The use of acronyms, abbreviations, neologisms, and emoticons add non-verbal communication into the system (Reed, "How Social Media Is Changing Language?"). Without texting, language today would most likely be slow moving, unchanging, and berceuse. In other words, it would put a person to …show more content…
Ever since the powerful invention of Facebook in 2004, it has been a skyrocketing telecommunication tool that has been a enormous influential factor on our everyday speaking and writing. The uses of malleable language, personal information, and informal writing are slowly merging together to form a new telecommunication system. The modern use of the hashtag (#) organizes speech and language into distinct sections on the media network and is now even being used on shirts and greeting cards. Social media has prompted a whole new array of diction, which is slowly blending with everyday conversations. Some examples of this diction are; friend, favorite, like, tweet, status, wall, etc. Words like troll and Google have completely modified meanings (Reed, "How Social Media Is Changing Language?"). A troll is someone on the internet who starts an argument or tries to upset someone, opposed to its old status of being a ugly doll or a bridge protector. To Google something now means to search the web, opposed to its ' former status of simply being a website. One of the most revolutionary alterations is the sharing and spread of information. Personal information is shared with much larger audiences. The changes have caused people to become more informal, open, and succinct. News is shared much faster across the globe, and people now can enjoy the privilege of getting a bigger