From phones to computers, and every hybrid in between, the average electronic communicator is constantly adapting and modifying the English language to fit new technology. But just how is the digital medium changing the medium of language? This question unleashes the ubiquitous subject of language in the modern age, an area explored by the new magazine, Parole.
Parole is a quarterly magazine providing stimulating commentaries on the state of language. It bridges the gap between the dusty academic theories of linguistics and the rapid evolution of modern language. While a growing generation of bloggers, texters, and instant messengers have been adapting the English language to the digital medium, the linguistic field have been absent in covering this change. The scope ranges from following new forms of argot (such as wrtng 4 txt mssgs) to analyzing the carefully crafted words of politicians (which can be quite powerful, as Orwell cautions us in his novel 1984). Parole magazine serves as the unique intersection between linguistic theories and modern communication.
