Short cuts : a guide to oaths, ring tones, ransom notes, famous last words, and other forms of minimalist communication /

Our everyday lives are inevitably touched--and immeasurably enriched--by an extraordinary variety of miniature forms of verbal communication, from classified ads to street signs, and from yesterday's graffito to tomorrow's headline. Celebrating our long history of compact speech, Short Cut...

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Main Authors: Humez, Alexander (Author), Humez, Nicholas D. (Author), Flynn, Rob (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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