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Language, technology, and society / Richard Sproat

Author
Sproat, Richard William
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
This book traces the history of language technology from writing - the first technology specifically designed for language - to digital speech and other contemporary language systems. The book describes the social impact of technological developments over five millennia, and addresses topics such as the ways in which literacy has influenced cognitive and scientific development; the social impact of modern speech technology; the influence of various printing technologies; the usesand limitations of machine translation; how far mass information access is a means for exploitation or enlightenment.
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ISBN
9780191576386 (electronic bk.)
0191576387 (electronic bk.)
9780199549382
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index.
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