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Txtng : the Gr8 Db8 / David Crystal ; with cartoons by Ed McLachlan.
Van Pelt Library TK5105.73 .C79 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crystal, David, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronic mail systems--Slang.
- Electronic mail systems.
- Online data processing--Acronyms.
- Online data processing.
- Text messages (Cell phone systems).
- Cell phones--Social aspects.
- Cell phones.
- Acronyms.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 239 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Texting
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- The hype about texting
- How weird is texting?
- What makes texting distinctive?
- Why do they do it?
- Who texts?
- What do they text about?
- How do other languages do it?
- Why all the fuss?
- Glossary
- English text abbreviations
- Text abbreviations in eleven languages.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199544905
- 9780199544905
- 0199208972
- 9780199208975
- 0199543402
- 9780199543403
- OCLC:
- 191758335
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