TikTok is only a matter of time before everyone leaves you for TikTalk!
Being heavily influenced by celebrities, social media users have recently adopted the way Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears and Ariana Grande speak.
The trend is called "TikTalk" and it's about a voice-imitating trend known as the "influenced accent", and a linguistic specialist has warned that this is likely to be the future of the English accent.
"TikTalk is a feature that is becoming very popular among young people, and recently we have seen a mass use of it," says Christopher Strelluf, professor of languages ??at the University of Warwick.
He identified two distinct features of the viral Internet voice: "uptalk," which he describes as "a rising intonation," and "vocal fry," which adds a "low sound to the vowel."
Social media users and experts attribute the popularity of this accent to Kim Kardashian.
"Many people use both features when speaking as a 'level-of-conversation strategy,'" the professor continues. "In other words, when talking to someone, people often use a rising intonation at the end of a sentence or make a vowel to say, "I'm not done talking yet, it's still my turn."
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"TikTok is evidence of the change that is happening," the researcher said. "But the platform is not the cause, the women are," he continued. "Our language is always a product of innovations presented on social networks. So any change we hear from women, especially famous ones, is probably the future of English," the professor added.
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Insisting that modifying the American accent is not a "bad thing", experts point out that embracing the tone that has become trendy recently is in the interest of many societies.
In the future, rhythms used like this will probably be the norm. TikTok can introduce these changes to more people and encourage young people to absorb it as a feature, which will likely become part of the language around the world.
Source: New York Post
