Txtng The Gr8 Db8 |
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| Author:
| Crystal, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-954490-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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In this humorous, level-headed and insightful book, world-renowned linguist David Crystal looks at every aspect of text-messaging and considers its effects on literacy, language, and society. He explains how texting began, how it works, who uses it, and how much it is used, and he shows how to interpret the mixture of pictograms, logograms, abbreviations, symbols, and wordplay typically used in texting. He finds that the texting system of conveying sounds and concepts goes back a long...
More DescriptionIn this humorous, level-headed and insightful book, world-renowned linguist David Crystal looks at every aspect of text-messaging and considers its effects on literacy, language, and society. He explains how texting began, how it works, who uses it, and how much it is used, and he shows how to interpret the mixture of pictograms, logograms, abbreviations, symbols, and wordplay typically used in texting. He finds that the texting system of conveying sounds and concepts goes back a long way, and far from hindering children's literacy, texting turns out to help it.