Originally published at: https://eduk8.me/2019/11/a-linquists-view-of-what-the-internet-has-done-to-the-english-language/
Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What’s more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve…