Entrevista - The joy of txt. Young people: how does texting affect their use of language?

Authors

  • David Crystal University of Wales, Bangor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25755/int.432

Keywords:

Information and communication Technologies, Writing, Reading.

Abstract

The renowned linguist David Crystal, Emmeritus Professor at the University of Wales, in this interview to Mike Pilewski, provides answers to crucial questions on the technologies’ impacts on our language. Banishing every kind of alarmism, he regards that youths and adults read when they are in front of the computer screen. Furthermore, when young people send their text messages, in fact they are writing. They would be unable to do it if they had not acquired a relative domain of orthography. As this technology is recent, it is too early to draw conclusions on their impacts on language, in particular to reach cathastrophic inferences.

Author Biography

David Crystal, University of Wales, Bangor

Professor Auxiliar do Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa. Áreas de investigação: Didáctica das ciências; Conhecimento e desenvolvimento profissional de professores; A discussão de questões sociocientíficas na educação em ciências; Integração das TIC na educação em ciências.

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Published

2010-11-07

How to Cite

Crystal, D. (2010). Entrevista - The joy of txt. Young people: how does texting affect their use of language?. Interacções, 6(16). https://doi.org/10.25755/int.432

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 16 (2010): Escola e linguagens juvenis: resistência ou abertura ao novo? (I)

Section

Number 16 - The school and young people languages: resistance or openness to new possibilities? (I)

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