Alphabet to E-mail

Alphabet to E-mail

"Alphabet to E-mail: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading" (ISBN 0415186854) is a book by linguist Dr. Naomi Baron, a professor of Linguistics at American University, Washington, D.C.. It was first published in 2000, published by Routledge Press.

In it, Baron explores the history of the English language in written form, and considers how it has evolved through its history, ending with an evaluation of the state of the English language today, and how the Internet and the use of email and text messaging has affected it.

Baron considered that email did not have an inherent writing style, and believed it was evolving to resemble speech. She also expressed her disappointment with the effect of electronic means of communication upon the written word.

Baron noted that 25 years of research revealed that:

".. people offer more accurate and complete information about themselves when filling out questionnaires using a computer than when completing the same form on paper or through a face-to-face interview. The differences were especially marked when the information at issue was personally sensitive."

References

* [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2002/05/15/email-language.htm E-mail and the mangling of the English language] , USA Today
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E3DE1631F932A25757C0A9679C8B63 Put On a Public Face] , New York Times
* [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/02/17/337317/index.htm The Perils of Email] , CNN
* [http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2001/nf20010423_785.htm The Man Who Brought a :-) To Your Screen] , BusinessWeek

External links

[http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=9JU8pDZhvc0C&oi=fnd&pg=PT10&dq=Alphabet+to+E-mail:+How+Written+English+Evolved&ots=eAvA_OENXK&sig=tNzQVgv36OrgoD5vbD0dxD8qLzU Google Books] entry


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