I spoke with my mom and she said that one of the biggest changes in the language was the amount of abbreviations we have for words and phrases. i think this would be considered as slang but terms like LOL and BRB and things like that weren’t as common. with more people having smartphones they started using more abbreviations to type quicker. going off of the abbreviations we also noticed that there are some words that are just being shortened for example the term rizz is short for the noun charisma meaning to charm someone. I also spoke to a professor and she said that now we recycle words to have different meanings for example the word ate is defined as the past action of eating but when used in the context of a compliment, it takes on a different meaning. these changes are just in the english language but i speak Russian also so one thing that me and my mom noted was that there was a change in the way people are being named for example when my mother was a kid, they used to put the fathers name as the middle name but now the middle name isn’t used anymore. you can tell a kid has American parents if they have a middle name in those slavic countries.

Proposition: I have hazel eyes.

Truth Value: True

Truth Conditions: For this to be true, I would need to have hazel eyes.

Entailment: “I have hazel eyes” entails that I have hazel colored eyes.

Proposition: I have a divers license.

Truth value: false

Truth Conditions: For this to be true, I would need to have a drivers license.

Entailment: “I have a drivers license” entails that I have a drivers license.

Proposition: There are other planets with life forms.

Truth Value: Unknown

Truth Conditions: For this to be true, there would have to be other planets that have existing life forms.

Entailment: “There are other planets with life forms” entails that life can be sustained on other planets.

When I was younger I remember being in elementary school and having to triple-check my assignments before giving them to the teacher because I knew that I was a horrible speller and I would get marked points off for it. Even though I use spell check now on everything I do, I still read over my work all the time just to make sure it has no spelling errors in it. I also remember having a big problem with run-on sentences. Like the idea would just go on for lines and lines and my teachers would always tell me to keep it short and sweet. Recently though in college, when I gave my professor my paper to get some extra pointers on, she noticed that I used a lot of filler words in my writing and called me out on it. When she said it to me, I noticed that I don’t just do it in my writing but also when I’m talking to people as well. The word like is a huge part of my vocabulary especially when it’s a more casual conversation because I don’t have to be so proper with my language.