Alphabet to E-mail

Alphabet to E-mail: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading (<a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-415-18685-4) is a book by <a href="/facts/Linguistics/oQuamvf2">linguist</a> Dr. <a href="/facts/Naomi_Baron/W7956ufW">Naomi Baron</a>, a professor of linguistics at <a href="/facts/American_University/8eytegop">American University</a>, <a href="/facts/Washington,_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a> It was first published in 2000, published by <a href="/facts/Routledge/aSwcES11">Routledge</a> Press.
In it, Baron explores the history of the <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English language</a> in <a href="/facts/Writing/ke1HYEU8">written form</a>, and considers how it has evolved through its history, ending with an evaluation of the state of the English language today, and how the <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">Internet</a> and the use of <a href="/facts/Email/6pD9GLtI">email</a> and <a href="/facts/Text_messaging/AjCD61SD">text messaging</a> has affected it.
Baron considered that email did not have an inherent writing style, and believed it was evolving to resemble <a href="/facts/Speech_communication/WEelhfTs">speech</a>. She also expressed her disappointment with the effect of electronic means of communication upon the written word.
Baron noted that 25-years of <a href="/facts/Research/mo8joeTL">research</a> revealed that:

.. people offer more accurate and complete information about themselves when filling out <a href="/facts/Questionnaires/15o4lgqm">questionnaires</a> 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.

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Alphabet to E-mail