The impact of technology on language shifting towards the creation of linguistic sub-culture

Abstract

Within a sociolinguistic scope, technology has a big role in shifting the way people communicate. The present study investigates whether technology is given importance by university students at Ibn Khaldoun university of Tiaret and seeks to examine how does technology Impacts language shifting toward the creation of linguistic sub-culture. To attain such objectives, qualitative data were obtained throughout questionnaires addressed directly to a sample of 40 students from the department of English studies in the university of Ibn Khaldoun. The accumulated data from the questionnaires showed the impact of technology on language in various ways we were not aware of. This academic research will unveil a lot about language and culture, as well as how the latter relates to technology and the resulting impact inside a speech community.