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In 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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Written communication, History, English language, Written English, Technological innovations, Language Arts, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction, English language, history, Communication, history, Sociolinguistics, Anglais (Langue), Anglais écrit, Histoire, Communication écrite, Engels, Schrijftaal, Taalontwikkeling, Invloed, Technologie, Innovations, Messageries électroniques, Langage écritPlaces
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Alphabet to Email
2004, Taylor & Francis Group Plc
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0203194349 9780203194348
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Alphabet to Email: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading
May 29, 2001, Routledge
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0415186862 9780415186865
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Alphabet to email: how written English evolved and where it's heading
2000, Routledge
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0415186854 9780415186858
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