After sitting down with my Aunt on Mother’s Day after we had finished eating, I went on to ask her some of the main differences between the modern day “gen z language” compared to her language growing up in the 70s. The main thing she pointed out was how this current generation relies on abbreviations and emojis to coast through conversations. Back in her day language and communication was a lot more intimate, and actually occurred in person. People would have to meet up at school, parks, or on bikes to make and keep solid friends all on the same page with language. There was no “pu, wya, wtw, and 👋🏼” to communicate and everyone’s language was on the same page. Nowadays if you’re not in the loop for a second you might be missing out on what new stuff your goddaughter or niece will be sending you. A story that she told me our family can laugh about now but wasn’t funny at the time was when my great grandmother had passed away when I was 8 and my aunt sent “She will forever be missed, lol” to my grandma. My grandma was obviously furious at first and asked my aunt why she is trying to be funny during this terrible time. My aunt said “what do you mean? All I sent was lol, lots of love”. Shortly after my grandmother had to fill her in that “lol” means laughing out loud. Obviously my Aunt had felt terrible but while she was telling me the story yesterday she was absolutely cracking up and it’s a memory for the ages. Although, this is a prime example of modern day communication maybe being too confusing or fast for elder people at times, and that not everyone is going to be on the same page as past generations. I feel like everyone is trying their best, but with the modern day pace and search for that new abbreviation, unfortunate in the moment miscommunications like this can occur.

Proposition-I have a dog

Truth value-True

Truth Conditions-For this to be factual I would have to own a dog that resides in my home.
Entailment-“I have a dog” entails you own an animal and have a

Proposition 2-I have 6 legs

Truth value-False

Truth Conditions-I would need 6 legs connected to my body

Entailment-“I have 6 legs” goes on to show I have more than the standard 2 legs.

Proposition 3-There is a lock ness monster that lives in the Amazon River.

Truth value-Unknown

Truth conditions-For this to be true, there must be a large mythical monster that calls the Amazon its home

Entailment-“There is a lock ness monster that lives in the Amazon” would entail a mythical monster not only lives but would call the Amazon River its home.

One of the stepping stones for the English language is grammar, which ironically enough is a word that was borrowed from Greece. The word grammar is derived from γραμματικὴ τέχνη (grammatikḕ téchnē), In English the word [gram|mar]. In Greek the word that represents correct spelling has a lot more vowels and complexity. In English, the word grammar was shortened and only has two syllables when in Greek the syllables are doubled. This word that is so important to not only the English language, but to every language in the world was borrowed and simplified along the way, which is an amazing feat for language in general, representing the power it possesses all over the world.

In elementary school, I vividly remember a time where on my paper I wrote “Me and my friend Matt are gonna hang out on Friday for my birthday”. This sentence was for a writing on what we are expecting or planning to do this upcoming weekend. I remember my teacher circling the word “gonna” letting me know this wasn’t a word. Next, she had underlined “Me and my friend Matt”, letting me know the correct form of this sentence was My friend Matt and I are going to hang out this Friday”. This was a shock to me because this was everyday vocab for myself. Even though I was discouraged as a young boy, and influenced by my mistake letting my friends know they were talking “wrong” as well, I eventually grew out of this, and talked loosely In descriptivism

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