03310nam 2200793Ia 450 991081421210332120240516094829.001915626790-19-162340-71-281-77016-797866117701670-19-156267-X(CKB)1000000000541110(EBL)416015(OCoLC)476246512(SSID)ssj0000263283(PQKBManifestationID)11216115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263283(PQKBWorkID)10272468(PQKB)10193047(SSID)ssj0000642356(PQKBManifestationID)12282978(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642356(PQKBWorkID)10648618(PQKB)11676572(MiAaPQ)EBC829458(MiAaPQ)EBC416015(Au-PeEL)EBL829458(CaPaEBR)ebr10254500(CaONFJC)MIL177016(OCoLC)778339518(Au-PeEL)EBL416015(PPN)190675624(EXLCZ)99100000000054111020080117d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTxtng the Gr8 Db8 /David Crystal ; with cartoons by Ed McLachlan1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (250 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-957133-3 0-19-954490-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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;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. "It is bleak, bald, sad shorthand," writes a coElectronic mail systemsSlangOnline data processingAcronymsText messages (Cell phone systems)Cell phonesSocial aspectsElectronic mail systemsSlang.Online data processingAcronyms.Text messages (Cell phone systems)Cell phonesSocial aspects.004.692302.231463.21Crystal David1941-7988MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814212103321Txtng260268UNINA