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Virtual words : (Record no. 21465)

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control field 2010010245
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control field DLC
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control field 20190729104551.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 100309s2011 enka b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2010010245
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780195398540 (hardback)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library EY8Z
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number T11
Item number .K4184 2011
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 601/.4
Edition number 22
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Keats, Jonathon.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Virtual words :
Remainder of title language on the edge of science and technology /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jonathon Keats.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford ;
-- New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 177 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 23 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliograpical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "The technological realm provides an unusually active laboratory not only for new ideas and products but also for the remarkable linguistic innovations that accompany and describe them. How else would words like qubit (a unit of quantum information), sock puppet (an illicit online alternate identity), or in vitro meat (chicken and beef grown in a laboratory) enter our language? In Virtual Words: Language from the Edge of Science and Technology, Jonathon Keats, author of Wired Magazine's monthly Jargon Watch column, investigates the interplay between words and ideas in our fast-paced tech-driven use-it-or-lose-it society. In 45 illuminating short essays, Keats examines how such words get coined, what relationship they have to their subject matter, and why some, like blog, succeed while others, like flog, fail. Divided into broad categories--such as euphemism, polemic, jargon, and slang, in addition to scientific and technological neologisms--chapters each consider one exemplary word, its definition, origin, context, and significance. Examples range from cybrid (a human-animal hybrid embryo) and unparticle (a form of matter lacking definite mass) to gene foundry (a laboratory where microbes are built) and blackhawk (a combative helicopter parent). Together these words provide not only a survey of technological invention and its consequences, but also a fascinating glimpse of novel language as it comes into being. No one knows this emerging lexical terrain better than Jonathon Keats, and in writing that is as inventive and engaging as the language it describes, Virtual Words offers endless delights for word-lovers, technophiles, and anyone intrigued by the essential human obsession with naming"--
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520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Advancing rapidly, generating new words in tandem with new ideas, technology provides an unusually active laboratory for the study of linguistic innovation, churning out terms like "unparticles," "cybrid," "dirt style," "ludology," and "femtocell." VIRTUAL WORDS puts a sampling of this terminology into perspective. Organized into sections like Science, Technology, Euphemism, and Polemic, Signal to Noise consists of short essays, covering about 100 words. Some words, such as "meat puppet" and "w00t," have already found their niche, while others, such as "collabulary" and "hedonomics," are past obsolete. Others still, such as "neuroethics" and "exopolitics," remain of less certain fate. Each word provides an occasion for considering the language of technology from a different perspective: how words get coined, what relationship they have to their subject matter, and why they succeed or fail. Together these short essays offer not only a survey of invention and its consequences, but also an ample stock of novel language caught in action. VIRTUAL WORDS will appeal to general readers interested in the interplay between words and ideas in our fast-paced, tech-driven, use-it-or-lose-it society"--
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505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- I. BUILDING BLOCKS -- II. SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY -- III. TECHNOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY -- IV. POLEMICAL AND PROMOTIONAL LANGUAGE -- V. CULTURAL COMMENTARY AND EUPHEMISM -- VI. JARGON AND SLANG -- Index.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Technology
Form subdivision Terminology.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element English language
General subdivision New words.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element English language
General subdivision Jargon.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Linguistic change.
948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN)
Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) u345171
949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
a T11 .K4184 2011
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a 21465
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    Library of Congress Classification     Stacks 06/19/2018   T11 .K4184 2011 33039001218295 08/15/2023 1 Book

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