List of Cartoons; 1. The Hype About Texting; 2. How Weird is Texting?; 3. What is Distinctive About it?; 4. Why do They do it?; 5. Who Texts?; 6. What do They Text About?; 7. How do Other Languages do it?; 8. Why all the Fuss?; Glossary; Appendix; Index
David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics
at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written or edited over
100 books and published numerous articles for scholarly,
professional, and general readerships, in fields ranging from
forensic linguistics and ELT to the liturgy and Shakespeare. His
many books include Words, Words, Words (OUP 2006) and The Fight for
English (OUP 2006).
Excellent. Crystal presents a compelling argument in favour of texting as a force for linguistic ability. Melissa Katsoulis, The Times
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