Always on : language in an online and mobile world /

"In Always On, Naomi S. Baron reveals that online and mobile technologies--including instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and wikis--are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways we might suppose. Baron draws on a decade of res...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baron, Naomi S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2010.
Subjects:
Language and languages.
Instant messaging.
Internet > Terminology.
Linguistic change.
Language
Langage et langues.
Messagerie instantanée.
Internet > Terminologie.
Changement linguistique.
Instant messaging
Internet
Language and languages
Linguistic change
Terminology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Email to your brain: language in an online and mobile world
  • Language online: the basics
  • Controlling the volume: everyone a language czar
  • Are instant messages speech?: the world of IM
  • My best day: managing "buddies" and "friends"
  • Having your say: blogs and beyond
  • Going mobile: cell phones in context
  • Whatever: is the Internet destroying language?
  • Gresham's ghost: challenges to written culture
  • The people we become: the cost of being always on.

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