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