# Txtng is killing language. JK!!!

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2013
- Speaker: John McWhorter
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting -- linguistically, culturally -- than it seems, and it’s all good news.

## Lectures

1. [Txtng is killing language. JK!!!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk/792ff1fa542d), 14 min (TED's player)