Positive effect of technology on language

An old article (2006), but explains how texting spread and which languages are more suited to texting than others

Marion Underwood is drowning in teenage texting data. For the last four years, the University of Texas at Dallas professor has been collecting texts sent by and to 175 adolescent students at a large suburban Texas high school as part of a study dubbed the BlackBerry Project.

A lady contemplates the exponential usage of exclamation points in writing and the effects of such over usage (happy a lot, but over nothing)

Study that found those who texted more were less accepting of new words

This study of sign language shows that communication can be modified and is not only limited to verbal communication

An interview with Ellen Bialystok, a cognitive neuroscientist, about the advantages of being bilingual.

How language may actually be a form of technology

This article discusses the importance of body language, especially between patients and doctors.

An interesting article about whether or not there is a correlation between learning a second language and the income made after college.

The importance of FOXP2, and how it affects language.