words remaining

language. culture. society. social media. research. greek. english. finnish. curation + reflections.

[mariza-georgalou]

Language flows and changes with people, their social practices, identities, and purposes.

David Barton & Carmen Lee

[mariza-georgalou]

What communicating only in emoji taught me about language in the digital age

By the end of the experiment, I’d learned a lot—and tested the 💪 of a few friendships in the process.

Texting without words turns out to be a lot like eating soup without a spoon: It’s possible, but not pleasant.

[mariza-georgalou]

Why does using a period in a text message make you sound insincere or angry?

For centuries, written communication was tinged with formality and finality. But since the emergence of casual forms like texting, using proper grammar can be fraught with misinterpretation.

Instead of ignoring or deriding the variation in written language, embracing the change in language – and the ability of speakers and writers to code-switch – can lead to better communication skills in all contexts.

[mariza-georgalou]

Period. Full Stop. Point. Whatever It’s Called, It’s Going Out of Style

Language experts say one of the oldest forms of punctuation is going out of fashion, felled by the staccato sentences favored in instant messaging

“We are at a momentous moment in the history of the full stop”

[mariza-georgalou]

Η σκοτεινή πλευρά των διαγραμμένων σχολίων της LIFO

Η περίπλοκη διαδικασία μετριασμού, η εξομολόγηση ενός διαχειριστή κι ένα κουίζ: Γίνετε διαχειριστής μας για μια μέρα

[mariza-georgalou]

It’s Official: The ‘Internet’ Is Over

“Long strings of capital letters are ungainly,” ‘Internet’ will soon seem as outdated as ‘internetwork,’ and other thoughts on changing Times style.

[mariza-georgalou]

Five perspectives on the future of language

Five perspectives on how our language is evolving – and where it might end up.

How has our language, and our relationship with language, evolved to keep pace with cultural changes? Five experts investigate.

[mariza-georgalou]

Do you have a secret? The way you write emails may give it away

The different ways we try to cover up the fact we have something to hide have been revealed by an analysis of 59,000 emails sent by people with secrets

[mariza-georgalou]

Η αξία της φιλίας, οι ανθρώπινες σχέσεις στη σύγχρονη εποχή και πώς αυτές επηρεάζονται από τα μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης είναι το θέμα της Νεοελληνικής Γλώσσας στο οποίο εξετάζονται φέτος οι υποψήφιοι των πανελλαδικών. Οι απαντήσεις των θεμάτων από το...

Η αξία της φιλίας, οι ανθρώπινες σχέσεις στη σύγχρονη εποχή και πώς αυτές επηρεάζονται από τα μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης είναι το θέμα της Νεοελληνικής Γλώσσας στο οποίο εξετάζονται φέτος οι υποψήφιοι των πανελλαδικών.

Image source: Frits Ahlefeldt

[mariza-georgalou]

New open access book: How the World Changed Social Media Download free here.

[mariza-georgalou]

Social media provide a new means of understanding who we are and how we connect through language.

Tannen and Trester (2013: ix)

[mariza-georgalou]

Earth. Population 7.2 Billion and a whopping 6500 languages being spoken every day. Africa. The second most populous continent in the world with 1.1-billio

[mariza-georgalou]

When We 'Talk' Via Text, What Language Are We Speaking?

We're all guilty of using inaccurate language every day. We still "hang up" our mobile phones, even though it's a finger swipe or button press and not the satisfying clang of a receiver to its cradle. We still call it an "SMS" (Short Message Service), even though it could be 140 words instead of characters now. And we wouldn't arch an eyebrow if someone wanted to watch a "film".

The rise of digital is changing how we speak.

[mariza-georgalou]

According to Facebook’s social glossary patent, new words can include “slang, terms of art, portmanteaus, syllabic abbreviations, abbreviations, acronyms, names, nicknames, re-purposed words or phrases, or any other type of coined word or phrase.”

[mariza-georgalou]

The Internet Doesn’t Love Anything. It Is Not a Human Being.

The Internet loves cats! That’s a given. But do you know what else “The Internet loves,” according to some recent headlines? Bacon, Joe Biden, spine-ch ...

When we are apportioning blame for things that upset or anger us online, anthropomorphizing saves us from hating ourselves, and our friends, and other humans by allowing us to fault The Internet for everything that is wrong in the world.

illustration: Rob Donnelly

[mariza-georgalou]

Here's why memes are so much more than just funny internet photos -- straight from the man who coined the term

VIDEO: Today, the word

[mariza-georgalou]

Τη γλώσσα μου έδωσαν … Greeklish

Τα Greeklish δεν αποτελούν καινούργια συνήθεια για τους χρήστες του διαδικτύου και των ψηφιακών τεχνολογιών. Παρόλα αυτά, οι διαφωνίες για την επίδρασή τους στην ορθή χρήση της ελληνικής γλώσσας ή...

Ο κόσμος νομίζει ότι τα Greeklish καταστρέφουν την ελληνική γλώσσα. Όμως, η ελληνική γλώσσα δεν είναι ο γραπτός λόγος, αλλά ο προφορικός. Η γραπτή αποτύπωση της γλώσσας είναι κάτι άλλο.

image source