“Who controls articulation?” Jamila Lyiscott asks in her video for TED Talks, “because the English language is a multifaceted oration subject to indefinite transformation.” The English language began in England and traversed the world through substantial colonization. As a product of those colonies, the language evolved into separate dialects, developing unique idioms, slang, and word spelling according to each area of the globe. That centuries long process has crucially demonstrated that no matter the age, education level, or opinions of one’s audience, culture will in some way have an impact. In another TED Talks video, Anne Curzan explores this transformation of the English language, starting from the foundation—a simple word. She explains that the people who write dictionaries have a difficult time discerning when a new word transcends from slang to become a “real” word, an actual part of language; the same notion applies twofold to language dialects and styles. …show more content…
No matter what writing style the author chooses, the overall purpose is to transfer knowledge in some fashion. In her TED Talk, Jamila Lyiscott emphasizes this fact before she even utters a word through her speech’s title: 3 Ways to Speak English. Each way, in this case dialect, are distinct, but still markedly similar because they all constitute a part of the English language. Lyiscott regularly speaks in three different dialects of English, yet she considers them equal because they all complete the same purpose and as such, transmit the same