"Difference in Language, past and present" by Paige Payne

If language helps determine a “place” whether, it’s physical or virtual then the “space and place” around us and which we are a part of has certainly changed.

Language along with the idea of “space and place” has changed as humanity changed.

In the past, language was elegant, poetic and wordy and every story, whether or not, it was news or just a fairy tale was oral and has the human mind began to think and evolve, language became not just the spoken word but also the written word in the form of manuscripts.

As the language advance so did the means of keeping it; books, newspapers and other forms of print became a way of communication or spreading news.

In Tuan’s reading, people who study linguistics often start with “the nature of language itself” (Tuan. Y, “Approaches to Linguistics Place-Construction”, “Language and the making of Place; A Narrative-Descriptive Approach”, “Annals of the Association of American Geographers” 1991) to better understand what “object” or “place” is being emphasized. 

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2563430.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:a5abeb7f4e44335a846c6c8ace66ec42 

The modern language is I think a lovely challenge because not only has the online world has its own language, for new people to social media it is a challenge to know what the words mean;

“LOL” once meant “Lots of love” and it means “Laugh out loud”, “IDK” means “I don’t know” and within group chats have their own secret code words. 

References 

Tuan, Y, “Language and the making of Place; A Narrative-Descriptive Approach”, “Annals of the Association of American Geographers” 1991) 

Week 5 Lecture; "Stories of Place; Story-Line" "Our Space: Networks, Narratives, and the Making of Place" Slide Title "Transitions in Communication Technology"