GSBS 110 WEEK 3 McWhorter on Texting

GSBS 110 WEEK 3 McWhorter on Texting

 McWhorter on Texting

Academics love being contrarian, and McWhorter’s talk is a great example of an expert de-bunking of conventional wisdom.  Here he provokes the audience by saying that texting is “miraculous,” and for young people it represents a positive “expansion of their linguistic repertoire.”  Does his argument make you think about texting differently? 

Instructions:

1. Watch the following video: http://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk 

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