Title: Alphabet to email
Subtitle: how written English evolved and where it's heading
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.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.
Subjects: 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 écrit
Places: English-speaking countries