Alphabet to Email: How Written English Evolved and Where It's HeadingIn Alphabet to Email Naomi Baron takes us on a fascinating and often entertaining journey through the history of the English language, showing how technology - especially email - is gradually stripping language of its formality. Drawing together strands of thinking about writing, speech, pedagogy, technology, and globalization, Naomi Baron explores the ever-changing relationship between speech and writing and considers the implications of current language trends on the future of written English. Alphabet to Email will appeal to anyone who is curious about how the English language has changed over the centuries and where it might be going. |
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| Title | Alphabet to Email: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading |
| Author | Naomi S. Baron |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1134663072, 9781134663071 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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