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Alphabet to Email : How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 421.1
EAN: 9780415186858
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0415186854
Label: Routledge
Manufacturer: Routledge
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2000-03
Publisher: Routledge
Studio: Routledge
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Editorial Review:
How is technology changing the way we write?
In the fast-moving world of email, content is far more important than spelling and punctuation. Is it time to throw away the old rules--or should we hurry to the rescue?
From pen-and-parchment to the email revolution, Naomi Baron's provocative account shows how a surprising variety of factors-not just technology, but also religious beliefs, the law, nationalism, and economics - shape the ways we read, write and communicate. Along the way, readers will discover that:
- Long before keyboards and carpal tunnel syndrome, monks grumbled about the ergonomics of the medieval scriptorium
- The Stationers of England once declared that "Authors are too mercenary that write books for money."
- In 1902 the Times of London proclaimed of the telephone: "An overwhelming majority of the population do not use it and are not likely to use it at all."
- Many children who seldom spoke to their parents at home now communicate with them through email
- Studies show that whether or not you use a signature on emails can depend on your status
- And much more.
From Alphabet to Email is for anyone who is interested in the history of language and writing, who is concerned about the impact of the digital age on literacy and education, and for everyone who cares about the future of the language.
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Rating:  - good to read
baron book is a nice book to read about the written of email and alphabet,but i have not read everything thing about it that is why i want to review it on internet.
Rating: - eternally evolving language
Baron's purpose for writing this book consists of informing the audience of how language came about, how it has changed as new technologies came around, and how it is still changing. First she talks about where the written language first came from, and then she gets more specific and discusses how English evolved. Next she covers who reads and why they read throughout the timeline. She also talks about written standards and how language is exchanged over distance and time. She also has a whole ... Read More
Rating: - Very interesting
Baron bases her book on the timeline of literacy. She begins early in the year 1150 and touches on the story of Robin Hood. Robin Hood was unable to write to his love because he simply did not know how. Baron next back tracks into B.C. and explains how the Greeks were the first people to have an Alphabet. Baron jumps forth in time to about 1400 BC when Munks were writing by hand day in and out to write books. In 1445, Gutenburg produced the first mass produced bible. Baron goes on to talk of the ... Read More
Rating:  - telegraphs to email
Alphabet to Email describes the start of the written English language, how far it has come, and where it may go. Baron discussed the use of writing to represent language, the role that technology has played on written and spoken language, and the English written language. Baron describes everything from caveman writing on cave walls to the type of language people use when emailing one another. The purpose of Alphabet to Email seems to be to inform readers of the advancements and changes that have been ... Read More
Rating: - telegraphs to email
Alphabet to Email describes the start of the written English language, how far it has come, and where it may go. Baron discussed the use of writing to represent language, the role that technology has played on written and spoken language, and the English written language. Baron describes everything from caveman writing on cave walls to the type of language people use when emailing one another. The purpose of Alphabet to Email seems to be to inform readers of the advancements and changes that have been ... Read More
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