Wiki+group+project?

Last week we talked about reorganizing a few thing, so I'd like to restructure a bit if you don't mind. We can always change it back if we want to. ~Emma

If you can't find the page here is how the final post currently looks, yall are welcome to do additional edits if you find anything that you may wish to change other wise congrats group we are all finished!:

Language and Generation Gaps
Generations can be distinguished by the differences in their language use. The generation gap has created a parallel gap in language that is difficult to communicate across. This issue is one visible throughout society, creating complications within day to day communication at home,in the work place, and within schools. As new generations seek to define themselves as something apart from the old, they adopt new lingo and slang allowing a generation to create a sense of division from that of the previous. This is a visible gap between generations we see every day. “Man's most important symbol is his language and through this language he defines his reality.”[|[][|9][|]]

Slang
Slang is an ever changing set of colloquial words and phrases that speakers use to establish or reinforce social identity or cohesiveness within a group or with a trend in society at large.[|[][|10][|]] As each successive generation of society struggles to establish its own unique identity among its predecessors it can be determined that generational gaps provide a large influences over the continual change and adaptation of slang. As slang is often regarded as an ephemeral dialect, a constant supply of new words is required to meet the demands of the rapid change in characteristics.[|[][|11][|]] And while most slang terms maintain a fairly brief duration of popularity slang provides a quick and readily available vernacular screen to establish and maintain generational gaps in societal context.

Technological Influences on Language
Every generation develops new and advised slang, but with the development of technology, those understanding gaps have widened between the older and younger generations. “The term "communication skills," for example, might mean formal writing and speaking abilities to an older worker. But it might mean e-mail and instant-messenger savvy to a twenty something.”[|[][|12][|]] People often have private conversations in secret in a crowded room in today’s age due to the advances of cellular phones and text messaging. Among “texters” a form of slang or texting lingo has occurred, often keeping those not as tech savvy out of the loop. “Children increasingly rely on personal technological devices like cell phones to define themselves and create social circles apart from their families, changing the way they communicate with their parents. Cell phones, instant messaging, e-mail and the like have encouraged younger users to create their own inventive, quirky and very private written language. That has given them the opportunity to essentially hide in plain sight. They are more connected than ever, but also far more independent. Text messaging, in particular, has perhaps become this generation’s version of pig Latin."[|[][|13][|]]

While in the case with language skills such as shorthand, a system of stenography popular during the twentieth century, technological innovations occurring between generations have made these skills obsolete. While the twentieth century generation used shorthand to be able to take notes and write faster with abbreviated symbols rather than having to write out each word, new technology, such as computers, have caused current generations to no longer need these older communicative language skills such as forms of shorthand, like Gregg Shorthand. Although over 20 years ago, language skills such as shorthand classes were taught in many high schools, now students have rarely heard of or even seen forms like shorthand.[|[][|14][|]]

Language Brokering
Another phenomenon within language that works to define a generational gap occurs within families in which different generations speak different primary languages. In order to find a means to communicate within the household environment many have taken up the practice of language brokering, which refers to the “interpretation and translation performed in everyday situations by bilinguals who have had no special training”.[|[][|15][|]] In immigrant families where the first generation speaks primarily in their native tongue, the second generation primarily in the language of the country in which they now live while still retaining fluency in their parent’s dominant language, and the third generation primarily in the language of the country they were born in while only retaining little to no conversational language in their grandparent’s native tongue, the second generation family members serve as interpreters not only to outside persons, but within the household. Further propelling generational differences and divisions by means of linguistic communication.

No worries if we are working on the same page I just finished some minor editing and posting it all on wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_gap ~ Addison

I'm working on it now. It's taking longer than I thought, but I'll have it up before class and everyone can take a look and we can make additional changes as a group if needed. ~Emma

Is someone posting it to wiki? And what did Rick say the plan for tomorrow is?

~Cory

I'll post it all up later on this afternoon or this evening ~Addison

I like the order... does someone want to do the posting for the group? haha.. I am really bad at the understanding how to post to wiki...and would love someone forever if they could do all of it in one swoop! Let me know!

--Cory

This order made the __best__ sense. I know Emma wanted to comb through this as well. Hope it sounds cohesive, I think so. -Ashley

section 2 should be called something along the lines of " distinguishing generation" as per Ricks suggestion, instead of what it is now. Then there should be at least a short paragraph for the start of the section. Something like: How are generations distinguished between each other? There are several ways one could: the dates that the generation spans or by the trends that the generation set. How ever you do it, each generation needs to be distinctly defined from the others. (add to this if you can)

Then all of are stuff should be in a subsection called something along the lines of "Using Language to Define a Generation" (hopefully something more succinct than that).

“In the later part of the eighteenth century adolescence was not only redefined as a distinct phase of life, but socially reclassified.” Generations can be distinguished by the differences in their language use. The generation gap has created a parallel gap in language that is difficult to communicate across. The issue is visible throughout society. It creates problems in the home and at __ schools __. As the new generation seeks to define itself as something apart from the old they use new lingo and slang. This allows the new generation to create a sense of privacy. This is a visible gap we see every day, it only makes sense to use it to distinguish the generations. “Man's most important symbol is his language and through this language he defines his reality.”

Language Brokering

Another phenomenon within the language generation gap takes place in families in which different generations speak different primary languages and in order to find a means to communicate, have taken up the practice of language brokering; which refers to the “interpretation and translation performed in everyday situations by bilinguals who have had no special training” (Tse 1996; 486). In immigrant families where the first generation speaks primarily in their native tongue, the second generation primarily in the language of the country in which they now live while still retaining fluency in their parent’s dominant language, and the third generation primarily in the language of the country they were born in while only retaining little to no conversational language in their grandparent’s native tongue, the second generation family members serve as interpreters not only to outside persons, but within the household.

Writing Shorthand

Shorthand is a system of stenography, process of writing in short hand, that was popular during the twentieth century, especially Gregg Shorthand in the U.S. * The twentieth century generation used shorthand to be able to take notes and write faster with abbreviated symbols than having to write each word. However, with new technology and keyboards, the current generation has lost the need for many forms of shorthand, like Gregg Shorthand. Over 20 years ago shorthand __classes__ were in almost every high school, now most students have never heard or seen shorthand. *

Generation Gaps and Slang

Slang is an ever changing set of colloquial words and phrases that speakers use to establish or reinforce social identity or cohesiveness within a group or with a trend in society at large. As each successive generation of society struggles to establish its own unique identity among its predecessors it can be determined that generational gaps provide a large influences over the continual change and adaptation of slang. As slang is often regarded as an ephemeral dialect, a constant supply of new words is required to meet the demands of the rapid change in characteristics. And while most slang terms maintain a fairly brief duration of popularity slang provides a quick and readily available vernacular screen to establish and maintain generational gaps in societal context.

Every generation develops new and advised slang, but with the development of technology, those understanding gaps have widened between the older and younger generations. “The term "communication skills," for example, might mean formal writing and speaking abilities to an older worker. But it might mean e-mail and instant -messenger savvy to a twenty something.” (USATODAY). People often have private conversations in secret in a crowded room in today’s age due to the advances of cellular phones and text messaging. Among “texters” a form of slang or texting lingo has occurred, often keeping those not as tech savvy out of the loop. “Children increasingly rely on personal technological devices like cell phones to define themselves and create social circles apart from their families, changing the way they communicate with their parents. Cell phones, instant messaging, e-mail and the like have encouraged younger users to create their own inventive, quirky and very private written language. That has given them the opportunity to essentially hide in plain sight. They are more connected than ever, but also far more independent. Text messaging, in particular, has perhaps become this generation’s version of pig Latin." (Text Generational Gap).

CITATIONS:

Del Torto, L. M. 2008. Once a broker, always a broker: Non-professional interpreting as identity accomplishment in multigenerational Italian-English bilingual family interaction. Multilingua 27(1/2): 77-97.

Tse, Lucy. (1996). Language brokering in linguistic minority communities: The case of Chinese- and Vietnamese-American students. The Bilingual Research Journal 20(3-4), 485-498.

Eble, Connie //Slang and Sociability.// Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1996

“Text Generation Gap: U R 2 Old (JK) - New York Times.” Web. 23 May 2012. “USATODAY.com - Today’s Generations Face New Communication Gaps.” Web. 23 May 2012.\

Generation Gap, a Sociological Study of Inter-generational Conflicts By Ramaa Prasad pages 14 and 4 respectively

[|http://books.google.com/books?id=FYElqUmQttgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Generation+Gap,+a+Sociological+Study+of+Inter-generational+Conflicts+By+Ramaa+Prasad&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DPbCT-XcKOejiQLrkaCbCA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false]

Owen, Andrew, 2012. Gregg Shorthand. Design. []

Language Brokering

Another phenomenon within the language generation gap takes place in families in which different generations speak different primary languages and in order to find a means to communicate have taken up the practice of language brokering, which refers to the “interpretation and translation performed in everyday situations by bilinguals who have had no special training” (Tse 1996; 486). In immigrant families where the first generation speaks primarily in their native tongue, the second generation primarily in the language of the country in which they now live while still retaining fluency in their parent’s dominant language, and the third generation primarily in the language of the country they were born in while only retaining little to no conversational language in their grandparent’s native tongue, the second generation family members serve as interpreters not only to outside persons, but within the household.

Citations:

Del Torto, L. M. 2008. Once a broker, always a broker: Non-professional interpreting as identity accomplishment in multigenerational Italian-English bilingual family interaction. Multilingua 27(1/2): 77-97.

Tse, Lucy. (1996). Language brokering in linguistic minority communities: The case of Chinese- and Vietnamese-American students. The Bilingual Research Journal 20(3-4), 485-498.

-Rebekka

FINAL PROJECT STUFF

Nicely done Cory, this was a tough one to find information on especially to gain __access__ to articles without having to pay up to read. But none the less I was able to write up a short bit on Slang and how it works to maintain a vernacular barrier to maintain generational gaps.

Generation Gaps and Slang

Slang is an ever changing set of colloquial words and phrases that speakers use to establish or reinforce social identity or cohesiveness within a group or with a trend in society at large.1 As each successive generation of society struggles to establish its own unique identity among its predecessors it can be determined that generational gaps provide a large influences over the continual change and adaptation of slang. As slang is often regarded as an ephemeral dialect, a constant supply of new words is required to meet the demands of the rapid change in characteristics.1 And while most slang terms maintain a fairly brief duration of popularity slang provides a quick and readily available vernacular screen to establish and maintain generational gaps in societal context.

Eble, Connie //Slang and Sociability.// Chapel Hill: __University__ of North Carolina, 1996 ~Addison

So, I just wanted to post what I had for a paragraph and see what you peep's thought. I only used two newspaper sources..but hey, I had a hard time finding much of anything with real valuable research so this is what I got.

~

Every generation develops new and advised slang, but with the development of __technology__, those understanding gaps have widened between the older and younger generations. “The term "communication skills," for example, might mean formal writing and speaking abilities to an older worker. But it might mean e-mail and __instant__-messenger savvy to a twentysomething.” (USATODAY). People often have private conversations in secret in a crowded room in today’s age due to the advances of cellular __phones__ and __text messaging__. Among “texters” a form of slang or texting lingo has occurred, often keeping those not as tech savvy out of the loop. “Children increasingly rely on personal technological devices like __cell phones__ to define themselves and create social circles apart from their families, changing the way they communicate with their parents. __Cell phones__, instant messaging, e-mail and the like have encouraged younger users to create their own inventive, quirky and very private written language. That has given them the opportunity to essentially hide in plain sight. They are more connected than ever, but also far more independent. __Text messaging__, in particular, has perhaps become this generation’s version of pig Latin." (Text Generational Gap).

“Text Generation Gap: U R 2 Old (JK) - New York Times.” Web. 23 May 2012. “USATODAY.com - Today’s Generations Face New Communication Gaps.” Web. 23 May 2012.\

~Cory

New Homework For Project: ---come to the next class, wk 8, with a well written paragraph on the type of language gap you want us to put on this wiki page. Be sure to site your findings and all that jazz. Next class we are going to try to figure out a way to smoothly blend all the paragraphs into one nice language gap section. See you all in week 8.

__Home work__ for this project. Everyone find a scholarly article that is about generational language __gap__ that you find interesting, post the link here so we aren't all reading the same one.

Bryan~ My paragraph. I was thinking it could be used as the beginning of the section. “In the later part of the eighteenth century adolescence was not only redefined as a distinct phase of life, but socially reclassified.”  The differences between generations have created a gap in language that is difficult to communicate across. The issue is pervasive throughout society. It creates problems in the home and at schools. As the new generation seeks to define itself as something apart from the old they use new lingo and slang. This allows the new generation to create a sense of privacy. “Man's most important symbol is his language and through this language he defines his reality.” quotes from Generation Gap, a Sociological Study of Inter-generational Conflicts By Ramaa Prasad pages 14 and 4 respectively [|http://books.google.com/books?id=FYElqUmQttgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Generation+Gap,+a+Sociological+Study+of+Inter-generational+Conflicts+By+Ramaa+Prasad&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DPbCT-XcKOejiQLrkaCbCA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false]

My paragraph: Shorthand is a system of stenography, process of writing in shorthand,that was popular during the twentieth century, especially Gregg Shorthand in the U.S. * The twentieth century generation used shorthand to be able to take notes and write faster with abbreviated symbols than having to write each word. However, with new technology and keyboards, the current generation has lost the need for many forms of shorthand, like Gregg Shorthand. Over 20 years ago shorthand classes were in almost every high school, now most students have never heard or seen shorthand. *


 * Owen, Andrew, 2012. Gregg Shorthand. Design. http://gregg.angelfishy.net/

Something I thought I could say that might __work__ with generation gaps and language is how with __technology__ and computers our generation has lost a language--short hand, where you write in scribbles that are based off of sounds. My __mom__ used to use short hand when she had to take notes fast but with computers people can type quickly and everyone can read what someone types (whereas with short hand only people who know shorthand can read it). I don't know if shorthand would actually be considered a language or not, it's English but written as scribbles.... ~Keily --Here's the Wiki for shorthand: @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand

I think I would like to write about how cross cultural interactions influence language over generations as words are assimilated from other languages when their is a lack to express the same idea easily from one language to another. One instance would be with the modern surge in practices of yoga and __meditation__ many words have been adopted into common english due to a lack of ability to express certain ideas by means of english alone without being overly wordy. But just a suggestion let me know if the focus is trying to stay closer to the technological influence on language. Addison

I was considering doing a part about fourth generation language and its effect on children today. Kids spend a lot more time now on different forms of technology than we did as kids and its effecting a level of communication. This might not be the exact focus, but I want to look at the way that so much technological use in our class rooms is changing how people are growing and perceiving the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-generation_programming_language -Ashley

Hey, so I'm really interested in how internet/text slang is changing the use of language and the gap it can have on multiple generations. How long before verbal language is overtaken by the textual slang? I mean we see already today, I know plenty of people who say brb instead of be right back, and how is this shortening of language contact shortening our communication skills or making us more efficient? here is a link to internet slang:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang

-Cory

STUFF THAT ISNT FINAL PROJECT STUFF

Hey guys, are we doing a group wiki page for our final project thingy? Because that would be awesome, to have people to __work__ with on creating something and developing what __topic__ to cover. Let me know what you folks think!

~Cory

Group decision on the __idea__ of Generation gaps in __Language__ technological influence __language__ mixed socalization and cross cultural interaction (spelling) Slang how cliches have changed over time (Cliches are phrases that have been over used, so each generation have different cliches.)

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ALSO!! Im super sorry I didnt put this up sooner but it wont take but like 10 minutes to do:

our homework was to make 3 grammatical edits on a wiki page. It doesnt have to be all on the same page. All you do is fix spelling, add a comma, whatever. There is a box at the bottom of the edit screen that says MINOR EDIT, rick said to make sure u click that box or you might get a nasty email.lol. probly not but u never know

So I created the wiki __account__ and did 3 minor edits, are we supposed to give him links to show proof or no? Thanks peeps!

No he said as long as __your account__ name is on your __wikispaces__ profile he should be able to find it

ANYONE REMEMBER HOW TO ENGAGE IN A TALK WITH THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE EDITORS FOR THE PROJECT also are we going to focus on the page generation gaps still and attempt to add a subtitle called //language// ?