Abstract
The present research aims at shedding light on the recent changes which take place in the use of the English language that have been caused by the impact of technology represented in the extensive exploit of the internet. Hence, the ever changing world of technology has aided a constant changing of the English language. Though there are some who argue that the impact of technology has 'dumbed down' the language, there are others who would claim that a language that does not evolve, is a dying language.
Technology, therefore, has a big role in changing the way people communicate. To be more specific, the way people speak today is almost the same way they spoke before the internet became what it is, albeit with an enriched vocabulary. However, what is largely different is the way people write today. That is the area where technology has had the biggest impact. So, this research is devoted to highlight those changes occurred in the written English and to show if these changes such as abbreviations, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation, and grammar used by native and foreign speakers, when communicating with each other through the various means of media, become common in formal English language. For example, email altered the structure of the letter as a communicative tool. In this respect, new conventions and new abbreviations such as IMO (in my opinion), FWIW (for what it's worth), IIRC (if I remember correctly) and FYI (for your information).
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الكلمات المفتاحية: التكنولوجيا، المفردات، التواصل، التغيرات