| Description |
ix, 239 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
The hype about texting -- How weird is texting? -- What makes texting distinctive? -- Why do they do it? -- Who texts? -- What do they text about? -- How do other languages do it? -- Why all the fuss? -- Glossary -- English text abbreviations -- Text abbreviations in eleven languages |
| Summary |
"This book takes a long hard look at the text-messaging phenomenon and its effects on literacy, language, and society. Young people who seem to spend much of their time texting sometimes appear unable or unwilling to write much else. Exam answers using textese and reports that examiners find them acceptable have led to headlines in the tabloids and leaders in the qualities." "David Crystal investigates how texting began and who uses it, why, and what for. He shows how to interpret its mix of pictograms, logograms, abbreviations, symbols, and wordplay, and how it works in different languages. He concludes that far from hindering literacy, texting may even turn out to help it."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Electronic mail systems -- Slang.
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Online data processing -- Acronyms.
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Text messages (Cell phone systems)
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Cell phones -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
2008002551 |
| ISBN |
9780199544905 (uk) |
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0199544905 (uk) |
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9780199208975 (us) |
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0199208972 (us) |
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