{"product_id":"the-future-of-language-9781350278851","title":"The Future of Language","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill language as we know it cease to exist?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat could this mean for the way we live our lives?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShining a light on the technology currently being developed to revolutionise communication, \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Language\u003c\/i\u003e distinguishes myth from reality and superstition from scientifically-based prediction as it plots out the importance of language and raises questions about its future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the rise of artificial intelligence and speaking robots, to brain implants and\u003cbr\u003ecomputer-facilitated telepathy, language and communications expert Philip Seargeant surveys the development of new digital languages', such as emojis, animated gifs and memes, and investigates how conventions of spoken and written language are being modified by new trends in communication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom George Orwell's fictional predictions in \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four \u003c\/i\u003eto the very real warnings of climate activist Greta Thunberg, Seargeant explores language through time, traversing politics,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou leave this book … with a renewed belief in language as “inherently creative”, offering what Noam Chomsky called \"infinite expression by finite means”, and still our best way of expressing the sensory infinitude of being alive. -- Peter Williams * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eIn his scholarly, must-read book, Seargeant makes us think about the underpinnings of these convenient tools and what they portend for language, one of the cornerstones of human identity. -- Vijaysree Venkatraman * New Scientist *\u003cbr\u003eIt is certain that our use of language is going to change in the near, mid- and long-term future. In this thought-provoking and sometimes rather alarming book, the implications for the human race are considered. Philip Seargeant raises issues that no one can afford to ignore. -- Steve Buckledee, University of Cagliari, Italy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. After the Fall 2. Change is the Only Constant 3. The Three-Cornered World 4. An Imaginary Guide to the Future 5. Inventing Language 6. Cyborg Speech 7. Is Anybody Out There? 8. The Decay of Lying 9. They Who Control the Past Control the Future 10. Futureproofing the World References Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866598289751,"sku":"9781350278851","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350278851.jpg?v=1722279393","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-future-of-language-9781350278851","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}