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Alphabet to email : how written English evolved and where it's heading / Naomi S. Baron.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000Description: xiv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415186854
  • 9780415186858
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 421.1
LOC classification:
  • PE1075. B28 2000
Contents:
List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. Robin Hood's Retort -- 2. Legitimating Written English -- 3. Who Writes, Who Reads, and Why -- 4. Setting Standards -- 5. The Rise of English Comp -- 6. Commas and Canaries -- 7. What Remington Wrought -- 8. Language at a Distance -- 9. Why the Jury's Still Out on Email -- 10. Epilogue: Destiny or Choice -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 421.1 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A210150B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index.

List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. Robin Hood's Retort -- 2. Legitimating Written English -- 3. Who Writes, Who Reads, and Why -- 4. Setting Standards -- 5. The Rise of English Comp -- 6. Commas and Canaries -- 7. What Remington Wrought -- 8. Language at a Distance -- 9. Why the Jury's Still Out on Email -- 10. Epilogue: Destiny or Choice -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

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