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How Technology Influences Language

By: James Pfrehm, The Great Courses
Narrated by: James Pfrehm
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To be human in today’s world means that you engage in constant linguistic interactions with some form of technology, from your smart phone to your refrigerator. That’s not as new a trend as you might think.

Language has shaped - and been shaped by - some of our world’s most significant communication technologies. Our current language bears the marks of millennia of interaction between humans and our technologies, beginning with the very first primitive writing systems and moving into the age of the printing press, the telegraph, and the typewriter.

Yet, at no other point in our history have technology and language been so enmeshed. Technology uses language to “communicate” a steady stream of information to us, not to mention helping us to communicate with each other.

By studying and analyzing the relationship between humans and their technology, we begin to understand what makes our unique form of communication, which we call language, unique to humans. We learn about who we are today in the 21st century and how we became these complicated, modern-day technolinguistic beings.

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very interesting

When I got the course I thought it was mainly about technology, so I was surprised to find that ut actually was a course on linguistics. Nevertheless, I found the content intriguing, interesting and informative. Mr. Pfrehm presented it in an entertaining manner and I would recommend it to anyone interested in languages and their development with respect to technological advancement.

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Insufferable

This is not written for you or me, this is written by the author for himself, so he can pat himself on the shoulder and think "I am clever".

The little tidbits of 'actually' are unnecessary and every time you think he'll say something interesting it is his opportunity to be smug.

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