Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 by David Crystal
Does txtng spell the end of literacy? David Crystal looks at the evidence, investigating how txtng began, what it is, why it's used, and how it works. Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 is entertaining and instructive: reassuring for parents, illuminating for teenagers, fascinating for everyone.
Crystal's combination of enthusiasm and erudition is persuasiveI'm a convert. Txting is gr8! * Brandon Robshaw, The Independent On Sunday *
A jolly meditation, helped by the enthusiasm of a linguist revelling in newly coined lingo. * Tom Lamont, The Observer *
A jolly meditation, helped by the enthusiasm of a linguist revelling in newly coined lingo. * Tom Lamont, The Observer *
David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written or edited over 100 books and published numerous articles for scholarly, professional, and general readerships, in fields ranging from forensic linguistics and ELT to the liturgy and Shakespeare. His books include the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (2nd edn 1997), the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (2nd edn 2003), Words, Words, Words (OUP 2006), and The Fight for English (OUP 2006).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199571338 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199571333 |
| Title | Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 |
| Author | David Crystal |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2009-07-09 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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