https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv en-us 2016-06-02 12:19:43 UTC 2025-11-20 03:49:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461318 2016-06-02 12:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461318 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461330 2016-06-02 12:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461330 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461370 2016-06-02 12:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461370 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461597 Multicultural London English]]> 2016-06-02 12:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461597 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461610 Estuary English (Rosewarne)]]> 2016-06-02 12:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461610 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461785 American English has preserved some OE terms that have fallen out of use, e.g. get sick, fall ]]> 2016-06-02 12:27:13 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461785 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461858 Jamaican Creole has been reimported into England via immigrants]]> 2016-06-02 12:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461858 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461912 Narrower range of intensifiers]]> 2016-06-02 12:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461912 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461935 Use of non-standard 'proper' and 'well' as intensifiers]]> 2016-06-02 12:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461935 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461974 Use of 'like' as a filled pause]]> 2016-06-02 12:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113461974 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462002 More frequent use of expletives; swear words are dysphemistic ]]> 2016-06-02 12:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462002 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462056 Synchronous technological communication tends to be telegraphic]]> 2016-06-02 12:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462056 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462099 2016-06-02 12:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462099 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462158 Letter-number homophones]]> 2016-06-02 12:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462158 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462177 Subject-verb-complement 'ing', e.g. they started walking, as opposed to 'they started to walk']]> 2016-06-02 12:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462177 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462277 Rise of the 'get passive', e.g. I got fired, I got laid,]]> 2016-06-02 12:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462277 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462305 Adjectives used as adverbs, e.g. you did great]]> 2016-06-02 12:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462305 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462353 Language heavily influenced by American English due to entertainment industry]]> 2016-06-02 12:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462353 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462390 2016-06-02 12:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462390 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462438 Dialect levelling due to improved social and geographical mobility]]> 2016-06-02 12:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462438 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462578 Changing use of prepositions, e.g. bored of]]> 2016-06-02 12:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462578 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462597 Irregular verb forms, e.g. I could of wrote it, I shew him]]> 2016-06-02 12:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462597 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462663 Object pronoun 'whom' replaced with 'who']]> 2016-06-02 12:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113462663 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113484187 More inclusive language reflects societal shift against sexism; people tend to use the third person plural 'their' instead of the masculine 'he' when talking about a generic person]]> 2016-06-02 14:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113484187 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485038 Diminutive suffixes for occupational titles fallen out of use]]> 2016-06-02 14:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485038 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485185 Goodman and Fairclough: General informalisation; less strict boundaries between spoken/written, public/private modes.]]> 2016-06-02 14:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485185 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485319 Internet has provided platform for anyone and everyone to share their views]]> 2016-06-02 14:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485319 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485391 Anyone can publish information online, unedited, in NSG, and not be judged for it]]> 2016-06-02 15:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485391 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485503 Moral panic that 'textese' is corrupting general language usage]]> 2016-06-02 15:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485503 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485647 Hybrid modes]]> 2016-06-02 15:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485647 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485761 Minimalistic]]> 2016-06-02 15:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485761 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485784 Fairclough: synthetic personalisation]]> 2016-06-02 15:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485784 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485823 Globalisation has led to the rise of global Englishes]]> 2016-06-02 15:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485823 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485877 Punctuation used to mark prosodic features]]> 2016-06-02 15:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485877 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485916 Emoticons/emojis enable pictoral representation of paralinguistic features]]> 2016-06-02 15:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113485916 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486020 Standardisation of spelling means that English is spelled the same across the world; however, increases disparity between spoken and written English]]> 2016-06-02 15:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486020 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486187 Meriocratic society after wars; less deferential]]> 2016-06-02 15:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486187 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486202 Egalitarian; fight against discrimination]]> 2016-06-02 15:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486202 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486286 Social class levelling; less classist]]> 2016-06-02 15:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486286 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486387 High-quality teaching until the age of 18; improved literacy]]> 2016-06-02 15:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486387 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486418 Recognition of the importance of literacy for upward mobility and employment prospects]]> 2016-06-02 15:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486418 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486645 2016-06-02 15:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486645 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486710 International language of business, politics, science and popular culture]]> 2016-06-02 15:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486710 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486844 David Crystal estimates that up to 1/3 of the world's population speaks English ]]> 2016-06-02 15:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486844 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486998 Ethnologue (2015, 18th edition): around 840 million native and non-native speakers combined]]> 2016-06-02 15:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113486998 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113487111 The English spoken in a particular country will be influenced by the native language and the local requirements]]> 2016-06-02 15:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113487111 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113488229 Some people predict that English will disintegrate into a series of mutually incomprehensible dialects]]> 2016-06-02 15:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113488229 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489170 Others predict a global dialect levelling due to communication and literacy]]> 2016-06-02 15:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489170 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489228 David Crystal believes that the future of English is bidialectism - code-switching between different dialects]]> 2016-06-02 15:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489228 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489688 Use of passive voice in scientific inquiry and empirical contexts]]> 2016-06-02 15:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489688 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489725 Predominantly compound and simple sentences]]> 2016-06-02 15:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489725 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489837 Latinate and French lexis still carries some level of prestige, although may be considered pretentious in certain contexts]]> 2016-06-02 15:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489837 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489889 Corpus analysis by Tagliamonte et al (2004) revealed that 'must' is declining as a term of obligation, and is now used in speculative contexts, e.g. you must be exhausted]]> 2016-06-02 15:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113489889 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490166 Phrasal verbs, e.g. pop-up, pack-down]]> 2016-06-02 15:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490166 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490195 Intertextuality]]> 2016-06-02 15:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490195 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490284 Texts are becoming increasingly marketised and self-promotional]]> 2016-06-02 15:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490284 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490377 vowel omission]]> 2016-06-02 15:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490377 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490465 Phonetic spelling]]> 2016-06-02 15:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490465 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490493 Minimal punctuation]]> 2016-06-02 15:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490493 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490548 CMC: Computer-mediated communication]]> 2016-06-02 15:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490548 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490600 Dyadic communication: between two people, e.g. texting]]> 2016-06-02 15:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490600 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490632 Key binding: initialism of letter homophones in a key phrase, e.g. RUOK]]> 2016-06-02 15:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490632 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490730 Helen Petrie (1999) coined the term emailism to refer to "stylistic features that are rare in handwriting and/or typed communication but which occur commonly in e-mails”. The most common were:
1. Ellipsis to trail off a sentence
2. Capitalisation
3. Punctuation as prosody
4. Quoting previous emails
5. Abbreviations
6. Minimalistic punctuation
7. Non-standard spelling
8. Emojis/emoticons ]]> 2016-06-02 15:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113490730 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113491082 People are less inhibited than they may be in face-to-face interaction]]> 2016-06-02 15:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113491082 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113491545 More tolerance of non-standard varieties]]> 2016-06-02 15:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113491545 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113493008 Less censorship]]> 2016-06-02 15:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113493008 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113493089 Misunderstandings can arise due to lack of prosodic and paralinguistic features]]> 2016-06-02 15:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113493089 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113493144 Emerging conventions/netiquette]]> 2016-06-02 15:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113493144 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113493221 Plasticity: texts can constantly be revised and updated]]> 2016-06-02 15:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113493221 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113495187 So did the earliest writing systems!]]> 2016-06-02 15:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113495187 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113495263 Inward facing: promotes emergence of new words to describe itself
Outward facing: carries general language developments, an incubator for new language forms]]> 2016-06-02 15:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113495263 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113495824 People can operate as both author and audience]]> 2016-06-02 16:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113495824 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496081 In emails, some discourse features are automated]]> 2016-06-02 16:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496081 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496243 Companies have access to a variety of communication tools]]> 2016-06-02 16:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496243 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496274 Advertising not limited to lucrative businesses]]> 2016-06-02 16:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496274 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496316 Sheer number of adverts means adverts must be memorable/shocking/innovative]]> 2016-06-02 16:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496316 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496878 Evidence-based approach; statistics]]> 2016-06-02 16:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/113496878 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/114417304 2016-06-12 16:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wa07ga8xmlwv/wish/114417304