Initialisms and the OED

An article on how the OED is adding initialisms from technology to its dictionary.

English Biz -How to Analyse any text

Two articles on approaches to stylistic analysis of texts.

Part One

Part Two

English Biz on Key Constituents

Click here for info on the KCs!

English Biz Glossary

Click here for a glossary of linguistic terms
(A-M)

(N-Z)

Language and Technology Mind Map

A big mindmap full of ideas about language and technology.

BBC article on Language and Technology

An article from last year on the BBC site on how technology affects everyday language.
How the internet is changing language

Language and Technology Site

Andrew Moore's site contains a lot of info on technology and language issues. Skim read most of it and focus on more relevant sections such as Technology and the lexicon, and Web Pages.

Language and Technology

The OED

Use the OED for homework or for revision when analysing lexis and semantics and when looking at etymology.

6 Verbs for the next 20 Years

Following on from discussions in class about where technology might go in the future (as part of the Language of Technology unit) have a look at this blog entry: The 6 Verbs For The Next 20 Years Of The Connected World

Article on Global English and Technology

Some information on the role of the internet and media in the development and spread of English is dealt with in an article called Bilingualism in the mass media and on the Internet by Jannis Androutsopoulos:

Click here

Global Language Maps

You can view language maps made by students here. Click on the maps to expand. Credits will appear here later.

Crystal on Language and the Internet

Go to the first chapter of Crystal's book on Language and the Internet.

Then, go to page 7 on the pdf document below and answer the questions on Crystal's chapter. (don't forget to click on the full screen icon or you won't be able to read it)

Webof words

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