{"id":728,"date":"2018-12-26T14:46:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T10:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cipr.am\/?p=728"},"modified":"2025-05-16T20:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T16:27:03","slug":"7-ways-innovation-changes-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cipr.am\/hy\/blog\/7-ways-innovation-changes-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways Innovation Changes Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"

We live in a world where everything, big or small, is in the process of perpetuate change. Of course, there is no doubt, that technologies have a massive impact on it. Every day people from different parts of the world innovate and create something new, something better, something more complicated, hence making the world more convenient and diverse. In the process of this rapid change human creativity and imagination try to meet the communicative needs of human beings as well. No one would ever imagine that technological innovations could change the world in such a way that it would influence on the mode and environment of communication as well.<\/p>\n

Today, social media has become the major source for human interaction. People with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds interact in different platforms of social media. And due to the obsession of social media networks, information and communication disseminate to thousands of people faster and faster.<\/p>\n

Linguistic innovation-textspeak-language change<\/h1>\n

It is worth mentioning that technological innovation has conversed our writing communication in a couple of crucial ways. Due to the character limitation of some websites, online users have started to economize and summarize their writings in order to transcend more information and save more energy and more time. Hence, they have started to create new linguistic innovations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The usage of abbreviations has become more prevalent. And on the process of this big change that occurs, one should notice there has not been any filter on the way we textspeak. Over time linguistic innovations penetrate into standard language and become language norm and regulation. Hence, in this article we try to demonstrate how technological innovation has reshaped human language, how it has made online users to create and innovate new linguistic units. The latter comprises shortenings, clippings, contractions, word-digit replacement, word-letter replacement, blending, unconventional spellings, etc.<\/p>\n

1. Abbreviations<\/h2>\n

Here are some examples of e-abbreviations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>ZZZ<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sleeping, bored, tired<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0AFAIK\u00a0\u2013 As far as I know<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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WYWH\u00a0\u2013 Wish you were here<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0AFAIR<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As far as I remember<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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TIME\u00a0\u2013 Tears in my eyes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0AFAIC<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As far as I\u2019m concerned<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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BAE\u00a0\u2013 Before anyone else<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0AAMOF<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As a matter of fact<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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IIRC\u00a0\u2013 If I remember correctly<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0AFAICT<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As far as I can tell<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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LULU-locally unwanted land use<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0FAQ-<\/strong>frequently asked questions<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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ALAP-as late as possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0TGIF-<\/strong>thanks God, it is Friday<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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TIA-thanks in advance<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0CUS-<\/strong>see you tomorrow<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

There are so many abbreviations transmitted in social media that some users think soon information and communication will be held only in abbreviated forms. Of course, it is out of doubt that people create them for fast typing.<\/p>\n

2. Word-digit, word-letter replacement<\/h2>\n

Many users innovate linguistic units by replacing letters into digits:\u00a02=two, to, too, 8=ate, 4-for<\/strong>. Meanwhile, word-letter\u00a0\u00a0innovation refers to the replacement of words into single letters like\u00a0U-you, b-be, y-why, r-are, s-is, c-see, k-okey, d-the,\u00a0<\/strong>etc.<\/p>\n

3. Blending<\/h2>\n

Other users try to blend words together to create new linguistic units which will replace all that blending components.<\/p>\n

4. Letter drops<\/h2>\n

On the Internet one can find plenty examples with initial and final letters drop as:

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Letter drops also occur in the middle position of simple words as well. However, one should notice\u00a0\u00a0that in the middle position mainly vowels drop:<\/p>\n

next-nx<\/strong>, good-gd<\/strong>, about-abt<\/strong>, tomorrow-tmrw<\/strong>, back-bck<\/strong>, from-frm<\/strong>, but-bt<\/strong>, good-gd<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Unconventional writing<\/h2>\n

Unconventional writing refers to the written forms of words as they sound. It is considered to be one of the most distinctive features of social media communication. Users type any word unit as they want, as the word sounds. Even more, sentences and larger units are written like that:<\/p>\n

YOU MEAN AVRIL LAVIGNE? HE WAS A SK8ER\u00a0BOI<\/strong>\u00a0SHE SAID\u00a0U<\/strong>\u00a0R<\/strong>\u00a0A FKBOI, HE WASNT\u00a0GUD<\/strong>\u00a0ENUF 4 HURR\u00a0(http:\/\/www.twitter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

IN ORDR 2 UNDERSTAND Y WE R KEPT DOWN U NED 2 REALIZE\u00a0DAT<\/strong>\u00a0EVRYTHIN\u00a0IZ<\/strong>\u00a0CONTROLLD BY\u00a0A<\/strong>\u00a0GROUP OV ADEPTS MADE UP OV NEONAZIS\u00a0#curiouscat<\/a>\u00a0#tab<\/a>\u00a0(http:\/\/www.twitter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The freedom of expression is so much that some users with different linguistic backgrouds try to incorporate English words into their mother language:<\/p>\n

okej qika\u00a0<\/em>gjeremika imma go sleepita\u00a0myselfita\u00a0<\/strong>(http:\/\/www.twitter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Gunna clean my casita, my truckita, and then get\u00a0myselfita<\/strong>\u00a0all dolled up. (http:\/\/www.twitter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

By\u00a0yoursello<\/strong>\u00a0ha ha ha RT @MistaChrisa: Nkirdizzle You Only Langa Once-YOLO! Lol! (http:\/\/www.twitter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Paroli is sposting\u00a0luiself<\/strong>\u00a0to Verdini?\u00a0#shish<\/a>\u00a0(http:\/\/www.twitter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

@indirafajardo<\/a>\u00a0luiself<\/strong>\u00a0estas viva hija, aina vieja indira (http:\/\/www.twitter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Stop\u00e9 la war entre\u00a0nouself\u00a0<\/strong>(http:\/\/www.twitter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Goeienaand almal. Kom vier saam met Breyani sy 5de verjaardag om 20h00. Ek weet\u00a0nouself<\/strong>\u00a0nie watse potjie dit is (http:\/\/www.twitter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6. Word-combination<\/h2>\n

Another creative and innovative characteristics of social media is considered to be word-combination:<\/p>\n

wanna<\/strong>-want to,\u00a0gonna<\/strong>-going to,\u00a0lemme<\/strong>-let me,\u00a0dunno<\/strong>-I don\u2019t know,\u00a0gotta<\/strong>-got to, etc.<\/p>\n

7. Word-building and creativity<\/h2>\n

However, one should also notice that there are many linguistic units in social media platforms that are only due to users creativity. Online users try to create and\u00a0\u00a0innovate something new that will attract other users of this or that online community. Hence, one can notice so many creative linguistic innovations like:<\/p>\n

With the help of this article we have tried to show the interwoven connection of innovation and language. Technological innovation, first of all, affects human language and online users try to create and innovate new linguistic units that will meet their communicative needs. So, linguistic innovations should not be ignored, they are definitely going to be a part of literal language. And in accord to this, one should mention that due to technological innovation, linguistic innovations will definitely emerge and disseminate more rapidly in near future.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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