Texting...

After taking the words of Crystal and McWhorter into consideration, I have come to the conclusion that both of these linguists support the fact that texting is not as negative as people may think.

David Crystal stated that “Texting is a startling modern phenomenon” , he also states that text speak is a language that mainly associates with a younger generation and although it has caused controversy among many and discussions have been held around the fact that it is seen as “thin and unimaginative... mask (ing) dyslexia, poor spelling and mental laziness” others view it as “communicatively adept, having linguistic creativity” People that associate with the younger generation do not purposely use “ textspeak” as an excuse of laziness or the incapability to spell, it is just an easier form for them to turn to as they have gotten used to using it. Now don't go starting to think that just because they are used to using “textspeak” that means that they must use that form of language at school whilst writing essay's or tests, no they actually now when is the right time to use it . Crystal also adds in the fact that he is fascinated by the fact that he views “textspeak” as a “manifestation of human ability” not only that but also that he is interested in evaluation of texting.

John McWhorter defines texting as fingered speech. He says that we can now thanks to texting write the way we talk, it is seen as interesting and yet it is easy to see a sort of decline in it. McWhorter states that we are able to see the loose structure and the lack of consideration towards using capital letters or punctuation, and yet he justifies it in a way by saying “ No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts, but then again, do you think about those things when you talk? No, and so therefore why would you when you were texting?”

In the end both Crystal and McWhorter agree and support that texting is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be ,and that although they both see texting in their own separate ways they both are implying that due to technology the world especially the younger generation have been able to have a new form of dialect which is their own.