Txtng [[electronic resource] ] : the Gr8 Db8 / / David Crystal ; with cartoons by Ed McLachlan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453537403321
• Autore: Crystal David <1941->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0191562679; 0-19-162340-7; 1-281-77016-7; 9786611770167; 0-19-156267-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 004.692; 302.231; 463.21
• Soggetti: Electronic mail systems - Slang; Online data processing - Acronyms; Text messages (Cell phone systems); Cell phones - Social aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The hype about texting; Chapter 2: How weird is texting?; Chapter 3: What makes texting distinctive?; Chapter 4: Why do they do it?; Chapter 5: Who texts?; Chapter 6: What do they text about?; Chapter 7: How do other languages do it?; Chapter 8: Why all the fuss?; Glossary; Appendix A: English text abbreviations; Appendix B: Text abbreviations in eleven languages; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. - ;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. Media outrage has ensued. &quot;It is bleak, bald, sad shorthand,&quot; writes a co