woops
is not like other people
Shut up Gus oh wait a sec
Language is a Virus from Outer Space
- Thread starter version
- Start date
luka
Well-known member
No this one
version
Well-known member
I can't remember where I read it, but I recently read something about how people used to refer to the 21st century all the time in the 20th century, but now that we're in the 21st century nobody ever mentions the 22nd.
version
Well-known member
Nah, don't have that one either. The only nonfiction I have of his is that essay collection, The Adding Machine.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Right, cause this is the Han Century now.
version
Well-known member
The Electronic Revolution's another I'm keen to read. Apparently that one's pretty straightforward too.
"I have described here a number of weapons and tactics in the war game. Weapons that change consciousness could call the war game in question. All games are hostile. Basically there is only one game from here to eternity. . ."
"I have described here a number of weapons and tactics in the war game. Weapons that change consciousness could call the war game in question. All games are hostile. Basically there is only one game from here to eternity. . ."
version
Well-known member
He talks about that in Nova Express too.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Smash the
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
Dr Jennifer Melfi Costume - The Sopranos Fancy Dress
Make your own Dr Jennifer Melfi costume from The Soprranos as portrayed by Lorraine Bracco. This is a great costume idea for couples
costumerocket.com
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
Not coming the cunt @version , NTA cropped a decent reupload and after searching the board for J Lilly ended up in Bridgend thread. Bloke was constructively insane
Bridgend, depression and infrasound
Another young suicide in the Welsh county of Bridgend on Monday. That's 22 since the beginning of 2007. Police and social services have mostly maintained that there's been no link between these but it's certainly a large jump above the numbers to be expected in an area that size. So I was...
www.dissensus.com
version
Well-known member
Has our use of language become more or less efficient over time?
Seems an impossible question to answer. You could make an argument either way, perhaps several arguments.
On the one hand we've greater access to language than ever before, on the other the signal to noise ratio's through the roof.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn we communicate in fewer words or shorter sentences, but at the same time there are constant explosions of terminology, slang etc which rip across the web, the 'therapy speak' thing encourages people to over complicate and insert technical language into everything and Twitter increased its character limit a few years back.
Seems an impossible question to answer. You could make an argument either way, perhaps several arguments.
On the one hand we've greater access to language than ever before, on the other the signal to noise ratio's through the roof.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn we communicate in fewer words or shorter sentences, but at the same time there are constant explosions of terminology, slang etc which rip across the web, the 'therapy speak' thing encourages people to over complicate and insert technical language into everything and Twitter increased its character limit a few years back.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
I would imagine that as the amount of attention paid to words increases culturally, the faster the rate of linguistic mutation. EG semantic shift, neologisms, slang, etc
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
By semantic shift I mean how the common usage of a word tends to deviate from its semantic foundation, as established by things like dictionaries.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Also as discursive fields advance technically, and newer nomenclature is warranted, but that kind of development is pretty esoteric usually