technologies have shifted our students' attitudes about who holds the power in linguistic exchange, we will be better prepared to understand their perspectives and to reach common ground. References Baron, N. (2000). Alphabet to email: How written English evolved and where New York: Routledge. it's heading. Crystal, D. (2008). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Txtng: The gr8 db8. Hale, C., & Scanlon, J. (1999). Wired style: Principals of English usage in the New York: Broadway Books. digital age. Lenhart, A., Smith, A., & Macgill, A. R. (2008). Writing, technology, and Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project. Available: teens. Plester, B., Wood, C., & Bell, V. (2008). Txt msg n school literacy: Does texting and knowledge of text abbreviations adversely affect children's literacy attainment? 137–144. Literacy, 42(3) Naomi S. Baron is Professor of Linguistics and Codirector of the TESOL Program at American University in Washington, DC. Her most recent book, Always On: (Oxford University Press, 2008), Language in an Online and Mobile World received the Duke of Edinburgh English-Speaking Union English Language Book Award for 2008; .
technologies have shifted our students' attitudes about who holds the power in linguistic exchange, we will be better prepared to understand their perspectives and to reach common ground. References Baron, N. (2000). Alphabet to email: How written English evolved and where it's heading. New York: Routledge. Crystal, D. (2008). Txtng: The gr8 db8. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Hale, C., & Scanlon, J. (1999). Wired style: Principals of English usage in the digital age. New York: Broadway Books. Lenhart, A., Smith, A., & Macgill, A. R. (2008). Writing, technology, and teens. Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project. Available: Plester, B., Wood, C., & Bell, V. (2008). Txt msg n school literacy: Does texting and knowledge of text abbreviations adversely affect children's literacy attainment? Literacy, 42(3) 137–144. Naomi S. Baron is Professor of Linguistics and Codirector of the TESOL Program at American University in Washington, DC. Her most recent book, Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World (Oxford University Press, 2008), received the Duke of Edinburgh English-Speaking Union English Language Book Award for 2008; .
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