The Impact of 9/11 on English Discourse, Diction, and Syntax

[أسماء حسن محمد]

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

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