You Don't Talk To A Linguist Without

Ever Since The Arrival Of Printing - Thought To Be The Invention Of The Devil Because It Would Put False Opinions Into People's Minds - People Have Been Arguing That New Technology Would Have Disastrous Consequences For Language.

Vocabulary Is A Matter Of Word-building As Well As Word-using.

Language Changes And Moves In A Different Direction Evolving All The Time. Where A Lot Of People See Deterioration, I See Expressive Development

Anyone Interested In Language Ends Up Writing About The Sociological Issues Around It.

Research Shows That Those Kids Who Text Frequently Are More Likely To Be The Most Literate And The Best Spellers, Because You Have To Know How To Manipulate Language.