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Tag: Linguistics

  • The online society as a language group?

    I was recently asked a very interesting question via formspring. An anonymous person asked me: I think the ability to “filter” — to absorb information from many sources and produce a useful result, quickly — is what really defines the “digital native.” Your thoughts? Below is my response. I’d be interested in what you think.…

  • Conversational tagging–rough draft

    Are we, as a society or set of societies too quick to categorise? I think we have built upon the Victorian-era’s predilection for classification for understanding. You’ll notice, no doubt, that I categorised the idea of classification as Victorian. Perhaps this is a helpful metaphorical conduit for expressing a large number of semantic nuances–a sort…