LEADER 03310nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910814212103321 005 20240516094829.0 010 $a0191562679 010 $a0-19-162340-7 010 $a1-281-77016-7 010 $a9786611770167 010 $a0-19-156267-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000541110 035 $a(EBL)416015 035 $a(OCoLC)476246512 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000263283 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216115 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263283 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272468 035 $a(PQKB)10193047 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000642356 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12282978 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642356 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10648618 035 $a(PQKB)11676572 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC829458 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC416015 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL829458 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10254500 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL177016 035 $a(OCoLC)778339518 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL416015 035 $a(PPN)190675624 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000541110 100 $a20080117d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTxtng $ethe Gr8 Db8 /$fDavid Crystal ; with cartoons by Ed McLachlan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-957133-3 311 $a0-19-954490-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; 330 $aDoes 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 co 606 $aElectronic mail systems$xSlang 606 $aOnline data processing$xAcronyms 606 $aText messages (Cell phone systems) 606 $aCell phones$xSocial aspects 615 0$aElectronic mail systems$xSlang. 615 0$aOnline data processing$xAcronyms. 615 0$aText messages (Cell phone systems) 615 0$aCell phones$xSocial aspects. 676 $a004.692 676 $a302.231 676 $a463.21 700 $aCrystal$b David$f1941-$07988 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814212103321 996 $aTxtng$9260268 997 $aUNINA