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Texting has long been bemoaned(哀叹)as the downfall of the written word, " penmanship for illiterates," as one critic called it. T
Texting has long been bemoaned(哀叹)as the downfall of the written word, " penmanship for illiterates," as one critic called it. T
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2014-07-25
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Texting has long been bemoaned(哀叹)as the downfall of the written word, " penmanship for illiterates," as one critic called it. To which the proper response is LOL. Texting properly isn’t writing at all. It’s a " spoken" language that is getting richer and more complex by the year.
First, some historical perspective. Writing was only invented 5,500 years ago, whereas language probably traces back at least 80,000 years. Thus talking came first; writing is just a craft that came along later. As such, the first writing was based on the way people talk, with short sentences. Howerer, while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow. Over time, writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one:" The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and..."
No one talks like that casually—or should. But it is natural to desire to do so for special occasions. In the old days, we didn’t much write like talking because there was no mechanism to reproduce the speed of conversation. But texting and instant messaging do—and a revolution has begun. It involves the crude mechanics of writing, but in its economy, spontaneity and even vulgarity, texting is actually a new kind of talking, with its own kind of grammar and conventions.
Take LOL. It doesn’t actually mean "laughing out loud" in a literal sense anymore. LOL has evolved into something much subtler and sophisticated and is used even when nothing is remotely amusing. Jocelyn texts "Where have you been?" and Annabelle texts back "LOL at the library studying for two hours. " LOL signals basic empathy(同感)between texters, easing tension and creating a sense of equality. Instead of having a literal meaning, it does something—conveying an attitude—just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than "meaning" anything. LOL, of all things, is grammar.
Of course no one thinks about that consciously. But then most of communication operates without being noticed. Over time, the meaning of a word or an expression drifts—meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not, blessed.
Civilization, then, is fine—people banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, and there is no evidence that texting is raining composition skills. Worldwide people speak differently from the way they write, and texting—quick, casual and only intended to be read once—is actually a way of talking with your fingers.
What does the author think of texting?
选项
A、It facilitates exchange of ideas among people.
B、It is a new form of verbal communication.
C、It deteriorates people’s composition skills.
D、It hastens the decline of the written word.
答案
B
解析
观点态度题。第三段最后一句指出,短信实际上是一种新的谈话方式,有着自己的语法和习惯用法。同时本文最后一段最后一句提到:短信,以其快速、随意、只会阅读一遍的特点,实际上已经成为一种用手指说话的方式。由此可知,正确答案为B)。
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