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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Book Title
- Virtual Words : Language on the Edge of Science and Technology
- ISBN
- 9780195398540
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Virtual Words : Language on the Edge of Science and Technology
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 5.7in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Width
- 8.3in
- Item Weight
- 12.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 190 Pages
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Product Information
The technological realm provides an unusually active laboratory not only for new ideas and products but also for the remarkable linguistic innovations that accompany and describe them. How else would words like qubit (a unit of quantum information), crowdsourcing (outsourcing to the masses), or in vitro meat (chicken and beef grown in an industrial vat) enter our language? In Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Jonathon Keats, author of Wired Magazine's monthly Jargon Watch column, investigates the interplay between words and ideas in our fast-paced tech-driven use-it-or-lose-it society. In 28 illuminating short essays, Keats examines how such words get coined, what relationship they have to their subject matter, and why some, like blog, succeed while others, like flog, fail. Divided into broad categories--such as commentary, promotion, and slang, in addition to scientific and technological neologisms--chapters each consider one exemplary word, its definition, origin, context, and significance. Examples range from microbiome (the collective genome of all microbes hosted by the human body) and unparticle (a form of matter lacking definite mass) to gene foundry (a laboratory where artificial life forms are assembled) and singularity (a hypothetical future moment when technology transforms the whole universe into a sentient supercomputer). Together these words provide not only a survey of technological invention and its consequences, but also a fascinating glimpse of novel language as it comes into being. No one knows this emerging lexical terrain better than Jonathon Keats. In writing that is as inventive and engaging as the language it describes, Virtual Words offers endless delights for word-lovers, technophiles, and anyone intrigued by the essential human obsession with naming.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195398548
ISBN-13
9780195398540
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108401914
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Virtual Words : Language on the Edge of Science and Technology
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
190 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5.7in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
8.3in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
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T11.K4184 2010
Reviews
"Clever and humorous... Whether you are among the people or the tweeple, you are sure to be educated and entertained." - New Scientist "In this clever, no-nonsense essay collection, Wired magazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist Keats examines the relationship between emerging and evolving language and technological development." - Chicago Tribune "What's not to like about Jonathon Keats? His new book, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, comprises 28 short essays in which he looks at the relationship between words and ideas in our modern high-tech culture. It's brainy stuff, but he is never less than interesting when he tries to figure out the significance of expressions such as "crowd-sourcing," "w00t," and "in vitro meat" entering the lexicon." - SF Weekly "Scifi artist and novelist Jonathon Keats' new book, Virtual Words, is an eloquent exploration of words and phrases that we're using to describe our future-science world." - io9 "Our knowledge of science and technology shapes our understanding of the world, right down to the terminology we use. Virtual words is a deep, forward-looking exploration of nomenclature at the cutting edge of science and technology, written with genuine erudition and wit." - Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, "Clever and humorous... Whether you are among the people or the tweeple, you are sure to be educated and entertained." -New Scientist"In this clever, no-nonsense essay collection, Wired magazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist Keats examines the relationship between emerging and evolving language and technological development." -Chicago Tribune"What's not to like about Jonathon Keats? His new book, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, comprises 28 short essays in which he looks at the relationship between words and ideas in our modern high-tech culture. It's brainy stuff, but he is never less than interesting when he tries to figure out the significance of expressions such as "crowd-sourcing," "w00t," and "in vitro meat" entering the lexicon." - SF Weekly"Scifi artist and novelist Jonathon Keats' new book, Virtual Words, is an eloquent exploration of words and phrases that we're using to describe our future-science world." -io9 "Our knowledge of science and technology shapes our understanding of the world, right down to the terminology we use. Virtual words is a deep, forward-looking exploration of nomenclature at the cutting edge of science and technology, written with genuine erudition and wit." - Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist "In a complicated chiasmus, [Keats] remarks, "The language of technology and science illuminates the science and technology of language." That interconnectedness is well brought out in this book." -Michael Quinion, WorldWideWords, "Clever and humorous... Whether you are among the people or the tweeple, you are sure to be educated and entertained." -New Scientist "In this clever, no-nonsense essay collection,Wiredmagazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist Keats examines the relationship between emerging and evolving language and technological development." -Chicago Tribune "What's not to like about Jonathon Keats? His new book,Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, comprises 28 short essays in which he looks at the relationship between words and ideas in our modern high-tech culture. It's brainy stuff, but he is never less than interesting when he tries to figure out the significance of expressions such as "crowd-sourcing," "w00t," and "in vitro meat" entering the lexicon." -SF Weekly "Scifi artist and novelist Jonathon Keats' new book,Virtual Words, is an eloquent exploration of words and phrases that we're using to describe our future-science world." -io9 "Our knowledge of science and technology shapes our understanding of the world, right down to the terminology we use. Virtual words is a deep, forward-looking exploration of nomenclature at the cutting edge of science and technology, written with genuine erudition and wit." - Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist "In a complicated chiasmus, [Keats] remarks, "The language of technology and science illuminates the science and technology of language." That interconnectedness is well brought out in this book." -Michael Quinion,WorldWideWords, "Clever and humorous... Whether you are among the people or the tweeple, you are sure to be educated and entertained." - New Scientist "In this clever, no-nonsense essay collection, Wired magazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist Keats examines the relationship between emerging and evolving language and technological development." - Chicago Tribune "What's not to like about Jonathon Keats? His new book, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, comprises 28 short essays in which he looks at the relationship between words and ideas in our modern high-tech culture. It's brainy stuff, but he is never less than interesting when he tries to figure out the significance of expressions such as "crowd-sourcing," "w00t," and "in vitro meat" entering the lexicon." - SF Weekly "Scifi artist and novelist Jonathon Keats' new book, Virtual Words, is an eloquent exploration of words and phrases that we're using to describe our future-science world." - io9 "Our knowledge of science and technology shapes our understanding of the world, right down to the terminology we use. Virtual words is a deep, forward-looking exploration of nomenclature at the cutting edge of science and technology, written with genuine erudition and wit." - Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist "In a complicated chiasmus, [Keats] remarks, "The language of technology and science illuminates the science and technology of language." That interconnectedness is well brought out in this book." -Michael Quinion, WorldWideWords, "The stories told in the two sample chapters are pretty interesting, and I think the sampling of words promises a lot. On the basis of the table of contents, I might, in fact, buy the bookEL. The chapters are professional enough to have been published in Wired, and they do engage the intersection of words, technology. and culture clearly and intelligentlyEL. [Does the work make a significant contribution to English lexicography?] Yes." -Michael Adams, Assistant Professor of English, Indiana University; author of Slang: The People's Poetry "The two examples are clever and interestingEL. There seems to be a market for well-written books containing short essays on unfamiliar words, and this would probably find a welcome in it." -Richard W. Bailey, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Michigan "Clever and humorous... Whether you are among the people or the tweeple, you are sure to be educated and entertained." - New Scientist, "Clever and humorous... Whether you are among the people or the tweeple, you are sure to be educated and entertained." -New Scientist "In this clever, no-nonsense essay collection, Wired magazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist Keats examines the relationship between emerging and evolving language and technological development." -Chicago Tribune "What's not to like about Jonathon Keats? His new book, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, comprises 28 short essays in which he looks at the relationship between words and ideas in our modern high-tech culture. It's brainy stuff, but he is never less than interesting when he tries to figure out the significance of expressions such as "crowd-sourcing," "w00t," and "in vitro meat" entering the lexicon." - SF Weekly "At its best, Virtual Words is the work of an amateur in the old sense, of an interested mind sharing the stories of a world that fascinates him. ELSo perhaps this is a book of enthusiasm-not enthusiasm for the novelty of new words, nor for the preservation of the old, but the enthusiasm of an engaged mind focused and sharing its fascination. Virtual Words reminds one that language is not only alive, but lively." International Journal of Communication "Scifi artist and novelist Jonathon Keats' new book, Virtual Words, is an eloquent exploration of words and phrases that we're using to describe our future-science world." -io9 "Our knowledge of science and technology shapes our understanding of the world, right down to the terminology we use. Virtual words is a deep, forward-looking exploration of nomenclature at the cutting edge of science and technology, written with genuine erudition and wit." - Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist "In a complicated chiasmus, [Keats] remarks, "The language of technology and science illuminates the science and technology of language." That interconnectedness is well brought out in this book." -Michael Quinion, WorldWideWords
Table of Content
Introduction I. BUILDING BLOCKS II. SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY III. TECHNOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY IV. POLEMICAL AND PROMOTIONAL LANGUAGE V. CULTURAL COMMENTARY AND EUPHEMISM VI. JARGON AND SLANG Index
Copyright Date
2010
Topic
Social Aspects, General, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Référence, History, Linguistics / Etymology
Lccn
2010-010245
Dewey Decimal
601.4
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Language Arts & Disciplines
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