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OverviewSince the earliest days of our species, technology and language have evolved in parallel. This book examines the processes and products of this age-old relationship: a phenomenon we’re calling technolingualism -- the mutually influential relationship between language and technology. One the one hand, as humans advance technology to master, control, and change the world around us, our language adapts. More sophisticated social-cultural practices give rise to new patterns of linguistic communication. Language changes in its vocabulary, structures, social conventions, and ideologies. Conversely—and this side of the story has been widely overlooked—the unique features of human language can influence a technology’s physical forms and technical processes. Technolingualism explores the fascinating ways, past and present, by which language and technology have informed each other’s development. The book reveals important corollaries about the universal nature of language and, most importantly, what it means to be human. From our first babbling noises to the ends of our lives, we are innately attuned to the technologies around us, and our language reflects this. We are, all of us, technolinguals. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr James Pfrehm (Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics, Ithaca College, USA, Ithaca College, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.462kg ISBN: 9781472578334ISBN 10: 1472578333 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 25 January 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction A. The Argument: What is technolingualism? B. Audience: Who this book is meant for and what it promises for them C. Context: Revisiting Sapir-Whorf and Chomsky's nativism D. Theory: A linguistic anthropological approach E. History: Which came first, language or technology? Part I: Communication 1. Textualisation: From mouth to page and back 2. Machination: The printing press and the typewriter 3. Commodification of Language: The telegraph and the telephone 4. Abstraction: Recording devices, radio and television 5. Digitisation: Mobile devices and the computer Part II: Transportation 6. Fragmentation: The horse, cart and wheel 7. Miscegenation, Displacement, and Globalization: watercraft, the locomotive, and the airplane Part III: Social Organization 8. Multiplication: The Neolithic revolution (domestication of plants and animals) 9. Ideologisation: The nation state Part IV: Medicine 10. Regeneration: Tracheal and cochlear devices Conclusions Bibliography IndexReviewsThe book does a good job at identifying trends in relationships between language and technology historically ... [It] is written in a very conversational and accessible style and fits within the scope of much of the literature on the history of literacy. A good audience for this book would be undergraduates or non-linguists who are unfamiliar with technology and its relationship to language. * LINGUIST List * Author InformationJames Pfrehm is Associate Professor at Ithaca College, USA Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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