The language of now: an exploration of language change during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Author
Aviles, SageKeyword
LinguisticsResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Languages and linguistics::Linguistic subjects::Linguistics
Semantics
Sociolinguistics
COVID-19
Bo Burnham
Netflix
Music
Eminem
Social media
Term and Year
Spring 2022Date Published
2022-05
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This study is an investigation into language change during the pandemic. It includes language samples from in-person interviews, which span across a seventy-year age range, an academic article, news articles, social media posts, music, and a Netflix special. Google trends, refined to the United States, was referenced to see when new terminology emerged to trace change correlated to the pandemic. This research proves the thesis that language had undoubtedly changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and new terminology has emerged, and will also continue to evolve following it.The following license files are associated with this item:
- Creative Commons
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