أسماء حسن محمد
25/09/2007, 08:49 PM
The Impact of 9/11 on English Discourse, Diction, and Syntax
Reference: http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/changed.html
Summary
The discourse becomes more reverential with words such as, grief and heroes
Heroes previously were those who undertook courageous acts spontaneously, especially in war. But after 9/11 the meaning of "hero" is broadening to cover those who carry out larger-than-life acts in the normal course of their occupations, also
Burka
Taliban
Jihad
The spelling of Qu'ran has changed from the less accurate transliteration "Koran," and better transliterations of other words, such as "Mohammad," are also emerging-all part of a greater attention paid to Islam and the Arabic
nations
Closure
Closure" term had taken on a "pop psychological meaning referring to a specific physical act required to put a traumatic event behind us
Public discourse has become more internationally informed and legalistic with words such as, justice and punish
Terrorism has taken on a new meaning
Homeland Security
war against terrorism
al-Qaida
Hamas
holy war
warlord
The word "evil" has become a subject itself since that day. ("But our responsibility to history is already clear: to
answer these attacks and rid the world of evil"), "Evil" has become a catch-all term for "anti-humanism," "absolutism," "fanaticism," "hatred of another's values" and "terrorism against civilians by individuals not in a declared war against a country or in a recognized army."
Some of the most commonly occurring words appeared in pairs
prayers - evil
innocent - atrocity
heart - outrage
values – terrorists
Iconography in place of words for solidarity (FDNY, NYPD
Terrorist training camps
Terrorist cells
Other words have taken on new meaning:
Ground Zero
Originally the"Ground Zero" term was for the epicenter of a nuclear explosion; incorrectly, it became used for the starting point of endeavors.
Germ warfare
biological warfare
weapons of mass destruction
chemical warfare
dirty bomb
Shoe bomb
American Taliban
Let's roll
________
Another expressions
anti-terrorism bill
Sleeping Cells
Roaming Terrorist
Random Terrorism
Building coalition for common values
The Coalition of the willing
Out With The Old
Reference: http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/changed.html
Summary
The discourse becomes more reverential with words such as, grief and heroes
Heroes previously were those who undertook courageous acts spontaneously, especially in war. But after 9/11 the meaning of "hero" is broadening to cover those who carry out larger-than-life acts in the normal course of their occupations, also
Burka
Taliban
Jihad
The spelling of Qu'ran has changed from the less accurate transliteration "Koran," and better transliterations of other words, such as "Mohammad," are also emerging-all part of a greater attention paid to Islam and the Arabic
nations
Closure
Closure" term had taken on a "pop psychological meaning referring to a specific physical act required to put a traumatic event behind us
Public discourse has become more internationally informed and legalistic with words such as, justice and punish
Terrorism has taken on a new meaning
Homeland Security
war against terrorism
al-Qaida
Hamas
holy war
warlord
The word "evil" has become a subject itself since that day. ("But our responsibility to history is already clear: to
answer these attacks and rid the world of evil"), "Evil" has become a catch-all term for "anti-humanism," "absolutism," "fanaticism," "hatred of another's values" and "terrorism against civilians by individuals not in a declared war against a country or in a recognized army."
Some of the most commonly occurring words appeared in pairs
prayers - evil
innocent - atrocity
heart - outrage
values – terrorists
Iconography in place of words for solidarity (FDNY, NYPD
Terrorist training camps
Terrorist cells
Other words have taken on new meaning:
Ground Zero
Originally the"Ground Zero" term was for the epicenter of a nuclear explosion; incorrectly, it became used for the starting point of endeavors.
Germ warfare
biological warfare
weapons of mass destruction
chemical warfare
dirty bomb
Shoe bomb
American Taliban
Let's roll
________
Another expressions
anti-terrorism bill
Sleeping Cells
Roaming Terrorist
Random Terrorism
Building coalition for common values
The Coalition of the willing
Out With The Old