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Because Internet

McCulloch is a linguistics whiz who writes clearly and comprehensively for the lay reader about her area of expertise.

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Review of ‘Because Internet’

Do you worry that the internet and its tools—social media, emojis, memes—are wrecking your kids’ spoken and written language? Or that the same thing might be happening to you? Gretchen McCulloch is here to reassure readers that no, future humans won’t communicate solely by emojis and GIFs. What’s more, the internet has made us all…

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