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.

Product Description: 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Linguistics professor Naomi Baron applies her professional expertise to the study of how children master the skill of language, a book that is not just accessible but actually enjoyable for the average reader . . . (with) useful information on how humans create speech and language (Bloomsbury Review)...read more

Describes the development, structure, function, and characteristics of twenty-two of the most important computer programming languages

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