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Always on : language in an online and mobile world / Naomi S. Baron.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baron, Naomi S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages.
- Instant messaging.
- Internet.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 Email to Your Brain: Language in an Online and Mobile World 3
- 2 Language Online: The Basics 11
- 3 Controlling the Volume: Everyone a Language Czar 31
- 4 Are Instant Messages Speech?: The World of IM 45
- 5 My Best Day: Managing "Buddies" and "Friends" 71
- 6 Having Your Say: Blogs and Beyond 99
- 7 Going Mobile: Cell Phones in Context 127
- 8 "Whatever": Is the Internet Destroying Language? 161
- 9 Gresham's Ghost: Challenges to Written Culture 183
- 10 The People We Become: The Cost of Being Always On 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195313055
- 0195313054
- OCLC:
- 173502670
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