Writing and Writing Systems: Sociolinguistic Aspects

Abstract

Writing is a medium for communication that has been in use for thousands of years. Writing systems have developed in different ways in various cultures and societies. For a long time, written language was perceived as setting the standards for proper language. Recently, digital communication has changed writing enormously, as it has given writing a much broader use of language than ever before. As a result, much of our daily language use has become more oriented towards norms associated with oral communication.

Eit nynorsk tilskot til den moderne migrasjonslitteraturen – Erlend Skjetnes Eit anna blikk (2021) i ein skjønnlitterær kontekst

“…framfor alt dreiar seg om nye ressursar og strategiar for meiningsskaping gjennom skrift (Swanenberg, 2020). Ettersom skriftlegheita historisk har vore så tett knytt til det preskriptive, altså standardspråkideologiar, kan mykje av denne utviklinga tolkast som avstandardiseringsprosessar.…”