Naomi Baron

Computer Languages: A Guide for the Perplexed

Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World 1st edition by Baron, Naomi (2010) Paperback

Alphabet to Email: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading

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, te...

Growing Up With Language: How Children Learn To Talk

Linguistics professor Naomi Baron applies her professional expertise to the study of how children master the skill of language, a book that is not just accessible but actually enjoyable for the average reader . . . (with) useful information on how humans create speech and language (Bloomsbury Review).

Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World

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,...

Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World

In Always On, Naomi S. Baron reveals that online and mobile technologies--including instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and wikis--are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways we might suppose. Baron draws on a decade of research ...

Speech, Writing, and Sign: A Functional View of Linguistic Representation (Advances in Semiotics)

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Naomi Bar

Naomi S. Baron is a linguist and professor of Linguistics, Department of Language and Foreign Studies, at American University, in Washington, D.C.. ...