Dennis Baron

Dennis Baron is professor of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois and has written books on the technologies of communication; language policy and reform; language legislation and minority language rights; gender issues in language; and the history and present state of the English language. He's the author of the blog "the Web of Language" (www.illinois.edu/goto/weboflanguage) he's regularly quoted in the news and appears frequently on radio and t.v. discussing the English language and the digital revolution.