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2. Educated
Twitteracy
Differentiate
Microblogging
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Illiterate
Is Twitter Killing Literacy?
Highcosts
Telegraphusers
Technology
StandardEnglish
Workplace
Microblogging
Abbreviations
DialectofEnglish
19th Century
Social Media
TwitterTalk
Choice
Evolution of Language
140
Tweep
S.E
Language
#whatwecando
Code-switch
Creativity comes from constraint
Society

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Subject
Audience
Purpose

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What’s
happening?
@myenglishprofessor
–
Used
to
address
a
fellow
tweeter
RT
–
Retweet
#commontopics
–
Used
for
common
topics
For
example:
@myenglishprofessor
RT
@herlovelystudent
Imma
get
your
heart
racing!
;)
#KatyPerry
140
Tweet
Twitter
Conventions
1.
Symbols
2.
Followers
&
Following
3.
AbbreviaFons
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7. (Choice)
(Standard English
3
arguments
(Evolution
of language)
)
defined by norm
(Conclusion)

8. Definition
Standard English [stan-derding-glish]n.
“ the English that with respect to spelling,
grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary is
substantially uniform though not devoid of
”
regional differences.
“
it is well established by usage in the
formal & informal speech & writing of the
educated, and is widely recognized as
acceptable whenever English is
(Merriam-Webster)
spoken & understood.
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9. #2
S.E. defined by nor m
IS TWITTER KILLING
L I T E R AC Y ?
Standard English
Assume S.E. = English
S.E. is the Right language
S.E. is the right language
Anything else is NOT English
By the definition:
S.E≠ English
Standard English is the language
accepted by the norm.
Formal & informal S.E.
used by the educated
S.E. used by literate
TWIITER IS NOT
KILLING LITERACY!

10. (
Evolution
of language#3
)
1. Technology
Costs of
Communication
More convenient to to use
abbreviations, with choppy
grammar.
raph
r the teleg
Remembe
th
tury?
in 19 cen
dialect of
shortened
a
They used
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ge too (Sch
langua
TWITTER
IS NOT
DESTROYING
LITERACY!

11. AGAINST
TWITTER
KILLING LITERACY.
Use of informal S.E. definition:
dependent on
dialect is a
norm.
choice.
{
Evaluation
Evolution of
language
}
While critiques believe that Twitter is crippling free expression,
being able to express yourself concisely and clearly takes effort
and creativity.

12. {
This is what I would’ve said
if Twitter wasn’t being so #@*!
}

13. {
So instead..
Constraints breed creativity.
}

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