Being 'Always On' Impacts Personal Relationships More Than It Impacts The Written Language

Friday, May 23, 2008 - 09:28 in Psychology & Sociology

Instant messaging. Blogs. Wikis. Social networking sites. Cell phones. All of these allow us to communicate with each other--wherever, whenever. Many people speculate that online and mobile technologies have widely impacted written language, especially that of teenagers and young adults. But a linguistics expert says that surprisingly, this probably isn't so.

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