{"product_id":"txtng-the-gr8-db8-paperback-2","title":"Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Crystal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEd McLachlan\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eText messaging has spread like wildfire. Indeed texting is so widespread that many parents, teachers, and media pundits have been outspoken in their criticism of it. Does texting spell the end of western civilization? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this humorous, level-headed and insightful book, David Crystal argues that the panic over texting is misplaced. Crystal, a world renowned linguist and prolific author on the uses and abuses of English, here looks at every aspect of the phenomenon of text-messaging and considers its effects on literacy, language, and society. He explains how texting began, how it works, who uses it, and how much it is used, and he shows how to interpret the mixture of pictograms, logograms, abbreviations, symbols, and wordplay typically used in texting. He finds that the texting system of conveying sounds and concepts goes back a long way--to the very origins of writing. And far from hindering children's literacy, texting turns out to help it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated with original art by Ed MacLachlan, a popular cartoonist whose work has appeared in \u003cem\u003ePunch, Private Eye, New Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other publications, \u003cem\u003eTxting: The Gr8 Db8\u003c\/em\u003e is entertaining and instructive--reassuring for worried parents and teachers, illuminating for teenagers, and fascinating for everyone interested in what's currently happening to language and communication.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Crystal\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eWords, Words, Words\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2006) and \u003cem\u003eThe Fight for English\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384656740601,"sku":"9780199571338","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ObF-t04uYn9780199571338_23b12f32-0306-48a8-8f80-fd4eb4d16a5c.webp?v=1770167189","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/txtng-the-gr8-db8-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}