Change is a natural part of language development 出自哪一篇阅读理解

Change is a natural part of language development 出自哪一篇阅读理解

Change is a natural part of language development．The words you like to use are probably a little different from those that your grandparents used when they were young．A study carried out by a British company found that the use of e-mail has had a bad influence(影响) of written English．
According to the research, computer users today are too busy to hit the “shift” buttons on their keyboards — e-mails are often written in lower case, that is to say, with no capital letters (大写字母) for names or the beginning o sentences．Spelling mistakes are generally accepted even in formal e-mails．And nouns are often used as verb (e．g．Please bookmark this site) ．
With the development of the Internet, e-mail and mobile phone messages, a new language has developed within just a few years — we call it Weblish．The latest Oxford English Dictionary has included many new words showing the changes in our communication culture．
While some language experts care about the future of English and want to do something, John Simpon, chief editor of the dictionary says, “The standards may be different now but it has certainly encouraged writing and communication, which means a faster development of language change．There are a large number of words that either come from the Internet or have been given new meanings by the Internet．”