Swearing makes an excellent relief mechanism

Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.

Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using.

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.

You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.

Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language.