'The Discourse of Text Messaging is a pleasure to read. A detailed analysis of a corpus of text messages reveals how people deploy all the resources of language - from spellings and punctuation through to grammar and discourse markers - to create meanings, to construct identities and to generally 'get things done'. The wide-ranging analyses are clearly explained and engagingly written about throughout.'

David Barton, Professor of Language and Literacy, Lancaster University, UK

'Through a meticulous investigation of a rich corpus of authentic text messages, Tagg's The Discourse of Text Messaging is by far the most comprehensive book-length study of mobile phone texting from a linguistics perspective. A must-read for anyone interested in digital discourse and communication in the mobile world.'

Carmen Lee, Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Tagg's book opens a new stage for future research into other digital discourses such
as blogging and twitter. The analytic framework and methodology also serve as a guide
to future studies concerning SMS text and other digital discourses both in English and
other languages... The book is reader-friendly in that the analysis structure is neat and clear and the data
processing is convincing. It is beneficial to anyone who is interested in discourse analysis,
and it is a must-read for those who are eager to understand this new form of electronic discourse.

Yang Linxiu, Discourse Studies