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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,&q...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Crystal, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2008.
Subjects:
Electronic mail systems > Slang.
Online data processing > Acronyms.
Text messages (Cell phone systems)
Cell phones > Social aspects.
Text Messaging
Courrier électronique > Argot.
Textos.
Téléphones cellulaires > Aspect social.
text messages.
Online data processing
Cell phones > Social aspects
Electronic mail systems > Slang
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; 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; Footnotes; Ch01Fn1; Ch01Fn2; Ch01Fn3; Ch01Fn4; Ch01Fn5; Ch01Fn6; Ch01Fn7; Ch01Fn8; Ch01Fn9; Ch02Fn1; Ch02Fn2; Ch02Fn3; Ch02Fn4; Ch02Fn5; Ch02Fn6; Ch02Fn7.
  • Ch02Fn8Ch02Fn9; Ch02Fn10; Ch02Fn11; Ch02Fn12; Ch02Fn13; Ch02Fn14; Ch02Fn15; Ch03Fn1; Ch03Fn2; Ch03Fn3; Ch03Fn4; Ch03Fn5; Ch03Fn6; Ch03Fn7; Ch04Fn1; Ch04Fn2; Ch04Fn3; Ch04Fn4; Ch04Fn5; Ch04Fn6; Ch04Fn7; Ch04Fn8; Ch04Fn9; Ch04Fn10; Ch04Fn11; Ch04Fn12; Ch04Fn13; Ch04Fn14; Ch04Fn15; Ch04Fn16; Ch05Fn1; Ch05Fn2; Ch05Fn3; Ch05Fn4; Ch05Fn5; Ch05Fn6; Ch05Fn7; Ch05Fn8; Ch05Fn9; Ch05Fn10; Ch05Fn11; Ch05Fn12; Ch05Fn13; Ch06Fn1; Ch06Fn2; Ch06Fn3; Ch06Fn4; Ch06Fn5; Ch06Fn6; Ch06Fn7; Ch06Fn8; Ch06Fn9; Ch06Fn10; Ch06Fn11; Ch06Fn12; Ch07Fn1; Ch07Fn2; Ch07Fn3; Ch07Fn4; Ch07Fn5; Ch08Fn1; Ch08Fn2; Ch08Fn3.
  • Ch08Fn4Ch08Fn5; Ch08Fn6; Ch08Fn7; Ch08Fn8; Ch08Fn9; Ch08Fn10; Ch08Fn11; Ch08Fn12; Ch08Fn13; Ch08Fn14; Ch08Fn15; Ch08Fn16; Ch08Fn17; Ch08Fn18; Ch08Fn19; Ch08Fn20; Ch08Fn21; Ch08Fn22; Ch08Fn23; Ch08Fn24; Ch08Fn25; Ch08Fn26; Ch08Fn27.

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