I just thought that it would best to list some of the technologies that everyone uses to communicate. It is interesting to see how many different ways we communicate with one another simply through all of these different types of mediums. These include but are not limited to:1. Computer software as a language authority (Spelling and grammar checking).
2.How we use telephones (Observing others making gestures while talking on the phone; experiencing a high/less amount of embarrassment or self-consciousness, compared to face-to-face conversations, Conference calls where there are three or more people talking on the same connection and of course ordering the wrong kind of pizza.)
3. Interaction by text messaging, previously mentioned in the blog. How it has become popular through advancements in technology.
4. Radio and TV. One-to-one communication (texting) VS. One-to-many (YouTube, TV, Radio).
5. Web cam. Once again the YouTube phenomenon is a good example of this.
6. Websites. Certainly one of the most influential forms of communication mediums out there today.
7. Transportation. Being mobile allows for the use of assimilating different languages (Spoken and Non-verbal body language).
8. Games. World of warcraft (multi-player games).
Even though these are just a few things we can see happening today and if technology is a means to extend man's reach, then it is necessarily connected to language, in the sense that both natural languages and technologies will be important in enabling us to do all sorts of things in almost any area of human activity. For example, we use aeroplanes to fly people and goods around the world. And we try to make this safer and more efficient by developing an air-traffic control system. That's language and technology working together for the common good. (And English is the language used in that system globally.)
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