Virtual Words Language on the Edge of Science and Technology |
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| Author:
| Keats, Jonathon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-539854-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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Technology provides an unusually active laboratory for the study of linguistic innovation. Virtual Words consists of short essays, covering 28 recently coined words, that consider how words get coined, what relationship they have to their subject matter, and why they succeed or fail.
Technology provides an unusually active laboratory for the study of linguistic innovation. Virtual Words consists of short essays, covering 28 recently coined words, that consider how words get coined, what relationship they have to their subject matter, and why they succeed or fail.