How Long to Read Txtng: The Gr8 Db8

How Long Does it Take to Read Txtng: The Gr8 Db8?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 by David Crystal

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book takes a long hard look at the text-messaging phenomenon and its effects on literacy, language, and society. Young people who seem to spend much of their time texting sometimes appear unable or unwilling to write much else. Media outrage has ensued. "It is bleak, bald, sad shorthand," writes a commentator in the UK Guardian. "It masks dyslexia, poor spelling, and mental laziness." Exam answers using textese and reports that examiners find them acceptable have led to headlines in the tabloids and leaders in the qualities. Do young people text as much as people think? Do adults? Does texting spell the end of literacy? Is there a panic in the media? David Crystal looks at the evidence. He investigates how texting began and who uses it, why and what for. He shows how to interpret its mix of pictograms, logograms, abbreviations, symbols, and wordplay, and how it works in different languages. He explores the ways similar devices have been used in different eras and discovers that the texting system of conveying sounds and meaning goes back a long way, all the way in fact to the origins of writing - and he concludes that far from hindering literacy, texting may turn out to help it. Contents List

How long is Txtng: The Gr8 Db8?

Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 by David Crystal is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 aloud.

What Reading Level is Txtng: The Gr8 Db8?

Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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