Language Evolution and Language Misuse in the Present Thai Society

Abstract

The present society is a globalized society where advanced and modern technologies play important role in communication worldwide. These global communication is through the use of the Internet that is popular among all ages from children, teenagers, middle-aged aduts to the elderly no matter what form of communication they are, whether it is video conference, online lesson, updated and retrieved academic data and information, entertainment, games, email, web board posting, or chatting on various applications including Line, Facebook, Instagram, etc. The speed and convenience rendered by these applications have made some Thai people so accustomed to specific language used in online network communications that they cannot write or spell words correctly; neither can they use the Thai language according to its levels or registers. However, the use of the specific online language that is different from the standard Thai language is not unusual but rather natural as Thai is a living language with ongoing evolution. Nevertheless, language change can become language abuse if people cannot distinguish change from misuse