As the date indicates, we missed this conference, but it's a shame that we did! The focus was mostly on the fate of the material text in a digital world, but as we know, these environments have immeasurably influenced the language, from the standardization of spelling to the coinage of new words such as "texting" and "tweeting" to the introduction a number of new abbreviations. One of the post-conference articles even begins with the following "tweet": "Will the Internet age kill the printed book? LOL." What do we think about this question? Will the printed book and digital text continue to complement each other? Or will their relationship become increasingly hostile? And how will this impact the future of English?
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