David Crystal - How is the internet changing language today?

How is the internet changing language today? Global English with Professor David Crystal. Another innovative feature of Global - Macmillan's new course for adult learners of English. Visit the website www.macmillanenglish.com/global.
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[@BeWorded]

Crystal makes linguistics crystal clear!

[@Cabahomi]

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sam_Dragonborn1]

ayyyyy this should've been top comment on this vid lol

[@byebyeoldusername]

so wild looking at this video 13 years later

[@drabnail777]

A-Level English

[@cemilgokhankaracan6382]

I really ENJOY listening to you professor.

[@anayunts]

Thank you for a wonderful piece of information!

[@SalamanderMagic]

I'd argue that english is a bit more effected by the internet than you made it up to be. There are many intricacies that would be missed if someone didn't spend a lot of time online. For example, saying "lol" doesn't really imply that you are "laughing out loud", but is more often used as a way to lighten the tone of a message. Or making something say "This sucks!1!1!1!1!!1!" With the 1's being a way to imply sarcasm. Even the use of seemingly correct punctuation can change the meaning. "I'm fine" vs "I'm fine."

[@SalamanderMagic]

I forgot to mention the whole ordeal of "thicc" vs "thick" and "succ" vs "suck" etc. Anytime you change a "ck" to a "cc" it suddenly has a sexual meaning.

[@omidmdadashnejad9989]

Thank you.It a very interesting speech.

[@mariogonzalez7264]

David Crystal is a linguist dude , thats why he knows a lot about the nature of language and how it relates to the world of Internet

[@gregg4]

He said 'mediums' not 'media'. 1:58 I like this guy.

[@jayjaypen2]

I'm not sure that "language has become expressively richer as a result of the internet". I think its richness has remained the same, but that its richness comes from a more explicit visual style (with emoticons etc) and less of an implicit one (through the connotations of words etc).

[@robo12215]

where did this originally come from?? i need to reference it for my work

[@Moss00000]

thanks, this helped with homework ^__^

[@Sam_Dragonborn1]

^_^

[@IreneGaya]

Wonderful jingle.. u know what is it?

[@Pjuske007]

Does anyone have the written transcript for this video

[@greydone6388]

use youtube's subtitle function

[@ashiq85]

Ambadikkannane Kaanavenam by Sindhu Premkumar (at least, according to the Shazam app on my iPhone)

[@vanessaonethree]

I think "mediums" is also acceptable. He probably used it to highlight the multiplicity of communication forms. It's much more emphatic than "media".

[@azza356ya7]

So I think learning English through technology is important in order to pick up what is going on in the rea world. I can't imagine how technology and internet affect English language.

[@b00bal40]

Azza356 Ya

[@12345567efas]

ka gandang balbas! sanay ako din e meron nyan

[@gopalashetty6405]

I would suggest you to read Bhagavad-Gita..

[@RussianViewer]

Okay, what's his point? At first he says the internet has enriched the language, but then he doesn't recognize much change.

[@benetvincent1]

can i has cheezburger?

[@Sam_Dragonborn1]

@@benetvincent1 yee you can has beesechurger :P

[@lafraicheur6714]

I don't understand does he say that technologue changed languages in a good way or in a bad way ?

[@qnofdisaster]

A new style of language when blogging

[@stanislawjackbaptistabauer15]

Great

[@qnofdisaster]

New styles of english. New vocabulary.

[@AlexxaVamppie]

Oh God, he said *twittering*, I'm dead.

[@pleindespoir]

'to twitter' is an intransitive regular verb. As it implies an action, it can be used in the progressive modes (~ing). What do you think he did wrong?

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

No new grammar? I are disagree.

[@andreamonzani3803]

I are?!?!? Oh my god rip English language😱😱😱

[@epicosity234]

this helped with 20% of my final grade

[@daniboy2619]

David is sure a Vintage talker.

[@neilnachum1]

Ditto: Esperanto has exploded on the net.

[@cathyvh06]

I wonder if he's been on urban dictionary...

[@Sam_Dragonborn1]

Probably not lol

[@qnofdisaster]

Punctuation used more than usual

[@CraigBeige]

Think he kinda underplays or is not aware of the depth of some slang online. On some areas of the web it's almost a dialect and pretty unintelligible to noobs.

[@ScuffedLawReview]

we r internet

[@qnofdisaster]

But per all, same type of english. The language is richer

[@Piper_____]

And 9 years later... the internet just is, I guess.

[@qnofdisaster]

Emoticons.

[@nuhailaal-sulaimani8174]

I'm

[@imthefreshone]

Gayest video ive seen in quite a while lil laddy

[@imthefreshone]

gnilttbs Same

[@imthefreshone]

Gay as in happy btw ;)