How English language is being valued or devalued

http://hallaslanguageblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/as-language-computer-room-lesson-150915.html

The article in this blog is interesting, as it analyses the new 'language' that is sweeping across London and possibly to come other areas of the country. This langauge is a new multi-ethnic dialogue that stretches language from Cockney to Bengali; this is possibly devaluing the original English language, as new slang words are becoming the normality in spoken language, for example some of the words in this article are 'nang' translating to good and 'creps' for trainers. Speech like this may have evolved as people (or the Londoners who originated this type of language) want to stand out from the rest in their own unique way, and feel that is their way of allowing themselves to be more comfortbale in the way the talk and communicate.
“We’re not trying to devalue patois, we’re trying to teach the kids that there is a time and a place for it.” This quote from a head teacher of a school shows that they are not happy with the constant use of patois that is sweeping over Britain.


http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/13/literally-broken-english-language-definition

This article is very intriguing, as straight away it catches your eye from the title of the article, containing the word 'literally' - but in its misused manner, something we have discussed in class and is featured in my previous blog. From them using it as a title, it shows just how much they believe that the English language is changing, and in their words, 'broken', due to the frequent occurrence of people misusing words. Although many may think that this started quite recently, it came as a shock to me to find out that the misuse of 'literally' (most probably the catalyst for all other misuses of different words) started in 1827.
Despite that fact, this generation as a whole have contributed to the demise of the English language (in my opinion) through the constant wrong application of words, such as 'literally'.

Texting and instant messaging is another factor that contributes towards the decline of the English language and how it is constantly changing. When texting and instant messaging over various social media sites, users want to talk and get their thoughts across as quickly as possible, thus why a lot of non-standard English is used such as abbreviations (lol) and slang. This then gets transferred to being used in spoken language,changing young teenagers and younger people's perception of the English language, and how much some people value it.