Archive for January, 2016
Is the Internet Killing Languages? Posted by Transparent Language on Jan 4, 2016 in Archived Posts
Not too long ago, my friend Gary wrote a piece called Is the Internet Creating New Languages? In it, he explains that while English is the dominant language online, it hasn’t prevented speakers of other languages from participating on the web. Indeed, many “Englishes” have sprung up, particularly on social media, where Spanglish, Hinglish, and…