Technology's impact on language</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Technology's impact on language"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Technologys,impact,on,language"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">07-05-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Technology's impact on language</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Perth, Australia (Daily): Information technology has dramatically improved the speed of communication and given us hundreds, probably thousands, of new words. But has it improved the clarity of meaning in those communications? I think not. In last Saturday’s Daily, University of Queensland lecturer in language and cultural studies Dr Peter White reminded us that the effect of technology on our language should not come as a surprise, “because we’ve been stealing and inventing words for centuries". <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.thedaily.com.au/blogs/peter-richardson/2008/may/03/language-technology " target="blank">www.thedaily.com.au/blogs/peter-richardson/2008/may/03/language-technology </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show