Naomi S Baron: 2 books
Words Onscreen
The Fate of Reading in a Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
People have been reading on computer screens for several decades now, predating popularization of personal computers and widespread use of the internet. But it was the rise of eReaders and tablets that caused digital reading to explode. In 2007, Amazon introduced its first Kindle. Three years later,...
Alphabet to Email
How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
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,...