Split sentence in HTML

split.js

var newText = $( "p" ).text().split( " " ).join( "</span> <span>" );
newText = "<span>" + newText + "</span>";

$( "p" )
    .html( newText )
    .find( "span" )
    .hover(function() {
      $( this ).addClass( "hilite" );
    }, function() {
      $( this ).removeClass( "hilite" );
    })
    .end()
    .find( ":contains('t')" )
    .css({
      "font-style": "italic",
      "font-weight": "bolder"
    });