1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006500600403321

Autore

Wolff, Richard D. <1942- >

Titolo

The Economics of Colonialism : Britain and Kenya : 1870-1930 / Richard D. Wolff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1974

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 203 p. ; 22 cm

Disciplina

330.9676

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

XIV E 1608

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782401303321

Autore

Crystal David <1941->

Titolo

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

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

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



3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00287277

Autore

JEMBER, Gregory K.

Titolo

A basic vocabulary of old English prose = Grundwortschatz altenglische Prosa / Gregory K. Jember, Fritz Kemmler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tübingen, : M. Niemeyer, 1981

ISBN

34-8440-087-0

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 48 p. ; 22 cm.

Altri autori (Persone)

KEMMLER, Fritz

Disciplina

429.03

Soggetti

Dizionari

DIZIONARI POLIGLOTTI

Lingua anglosassone - 450-1100 - Dizionari poliglotti

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese Antico (ca. 450-1100)

Tedesco

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia