You would have seen that the way of communication has changed very much in comparision with what was earlier. This is because as time passes by we evolve, so does our style. It might be to better itself in more than one way. Language is one of them which constantly reflects the changes in its usage.
For instance I could give an example in our way of communication. Instead of acknowledging by saying a complete sensible phrase we tend to say "Ya .. Ya.." we can also ascertain by telling "YES". But as I said we would prefer to use slang with a repetition. Now to put it technically, We first decrease the amount of information to be conveyed from YES.. to Ya..
This is similar to source encoding employed in "Communication Systems". Source encoding decreases the redundant information. If one can understand that you acknowledge by saying Ya instead of Yes than simply why to spend extra energy on telling the longer one. Remember, evolution is all about conserving energy by finding newer ways of doing the same thing.
Now the point to be noted is that we tend to repeat the slang "Ya.. Ya..". This is done to ensure that the message does reach the destination and also with the right amount of emphasis. The corresponding analogy in communication systems is that we perform "channel encoding" .
Channel coding puts in redundant data into the message so that it can be decoded properly even under the effect of noise. Now don't you wonder that we had just removed redundant data during source encoding but now we are putting in redundant data during channel encoding.
But the important point to note is that we can't do away with channel encoding due to the omnipresent noise.
So instead of putting in redundant data for the actual message, we first decrease the amount information through source encoding then perform channel encoding. So now we do know how and why at all the slangs originated. Don't We? "Ya.. Ya.."
For instance I could give an example in our way of communication. Instead of acknowledging by saying a complete sensible phrase we tend to say "Ya .. Ya.." we can also ascertain by telling "YES". But as I said we would prefer to use slang with a repetition. Now to put it technically, We first decrease the amount of information to be conveyed from YES.. to Ya..
This is similar to source encoding employed in "Communication Systems". Source encoding decreases the redundant information. If one can understand that you acknowledge by saying Ya instead of Yes than simply why to spend extra energy on telling the longer one. Remember, evolution is all about conserving energy by finding newer ways of doing the same thing.
Now the point to be noted is that we tend to repeat the slang "Ya.. Ya..". This is done to ensure that the message does reach the destination and also with the right amount of emphasis. The corresponding analogy in communication systems is that we perform "channel encoding" .
Channel coding puts in redundant data into the message so that it can be decoded properly even under the effect of noise. Now don't you wonder that we had just removed redundant data during source encoding but now we are putting in redundant data during channel encoding.
But the important point to note is that we can't do away with channel encoding due to the omnipresent noise.
So instead of putting in redundant data for the actual message, we first decrease the amount information through source encoding then perform channel encoding. So now we do know how and why at all the slangs originated. Don't We? "Ya.. Ya.."
