From Latin to Memes: Notes on Evolution, Economy, and Context in Communication

  The use of languages, occurring within human communities, has always been accompanied by attempts at standardization, norm-setting, and the refinement of linguistic practices, especially in educational or scholarly environments. The widespread eagerness to speak of a “superior dialect” or...

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Autor principal: Ortega, Gabriela Teresa
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2024
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Communication;
Latin;
memes;
evolution;
linguistic changes
Comunicación;
latín;
evolución;
cambios lingüísticos
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/45378
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spelling I10-R333-article-453782024-06-25T02:22:30Z From Latin to Memes: Notes on Evolution, Economy, and Context in Communication Del latín a los memes: Apuntes sobre evolución, economía y contexto en la comunicación Ortega, Gabriela Teresa Communication; Latin; memes; evolution; linguistic changes Comunicación; latín; memes; evolución; cambios lingüísticos   The use of languages, occurring within human communities, has always been accompanied by attempts at standardization, norm-setting, and the refinement of linguistic practices, especially in educational or scholarly environments. The widespread eagerness to speak of a “superior dialect” or of certain practices being more “correct” than others has always led to a growing attachment to certain traditional forms and a kind of prejudice against not only specific linguistic changes but also communicative shifts in general. Indeed, we currently observe this prescriptive practice even in the rejection by some groups of the communicative trends of digital media and social networks, which many classify as degrading due to their often involving a formal simplification in comparison with previous forms. Starting from an interest in problematizing these prejudices against any type of evolution in our forms of communication, this text takes an expository journey through some specific examples of natural changes that have occurred in languages such as Latin and Spanish, which have often involved some loss of formal complexity, leading to an approach to what we might consider one of the most interesting recent phenomena in the evolution of our communication: memes. These discourses, which have dominated the digital sphere for some years now, allow us to express ourselves and communicate easily and efficiently with others. El uso de las lenguas, al darse en el seno de las comunidades humanas, siempre ha estado acompañado de intentos de estandarización, normativización y perfeccionamiento, especialmente en entornos formativos o cultos. El afán tan extendido de hablar de un “dialecto superior” o de unos usos más “correctos” que otros ha provocado desde siempre un creciente apego hacia ciertas formas tradicionales y una suerte de prejuicio hacia los cambios no solo lingüísticos en particular, sino incluso comunicativos en general. En efecto, actualmente evidenciamos esta práctica prescriptiva incluso en el rechazo de algunos grupos a las tendencias comunicativas de los medios digitales y las redes sociales, catalogadas por muchos como degradantes por implicar con frecuencia una simplificación formal en relación con las formas anteriores. Partiendo del interés por problematizar estos prejuicios hacia cualquier tipo de evolución en nuestras formas de comunicación, en este texto se hace un recorrido expositivo por algunos ejemplos puntuales de cambios naturales que se han dado en lenguas como el latín y el español, y que han implicado con frecuencia algunas pérdidas de la complejidad formal, para desembocar en un acercamiento a lo que podríamos considerar uno de los fenómenos recientes más interesantes de la evolución de nuestra comunicación: los memes, esos discursos que desde hace algunos años han copado la esfera digital permitiéndonos expresarnos y comunicarnos fácil y eficientemente con los otros. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2024-06-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Scientific articles Artículos científicos application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/45378 Heterotopías; Vol. 7 No. 13 (2024): Writings on the edge of the abyss: How is the present constructed?; 1-17 Heterotopías; Vol. 7 Núm. 13 (2024): Escrituras al borde del abismo. ¿Cómo se construye el presente?; 1-17 2618-2726 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/45378/45344 Derechos de autor 2024 Heterotopías https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic Communication;
Latin;
memes;
evolution;
linguistic changes
Comunicación;
latín;
memes;
evolución;
cambios lingüísticos
spellingShingle Communication;
Latin;
memes;
evolution;
linguistic changes
Comunicación;
latín;
memes;
evolución;
cambios lingüísticos
Ortega, Gabriela Teresa
From Latin to Memes: Notes on Evolution, Economy, and Context in Communication
topic_facet Communication;
Latin;
memes;
evolution;
linguistic changes
Comunicación;
latín;
memes;
evolución;
cambios lingüísticos
author Ortega, Gabriela Teresa
author_facet Ortega, Gabriela Teresa
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title From Latin to Memes: Notes on Evolution, Economy, and Context in Communication
title_short From Latin to Memes: Notes on Evolution, Economy, and Context in Communication
title_full From Latin to Memes: Notes on Evolution, Economy, and Context in Communication
title_fullStr From Latin to Memes: Notes on Evolution, Economy, and Context in Communication
title_full_unstemmed From Latin to Memes: Notes on Evolution, Economy, and Context in Communication
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