Language Machines questions any easily progressive model of technological change, demonstrating the persistence rather than the obsolescence of language technologies over time, the continuous and complicated overlap of pens, presses, screens and voice. In these essays new technologies do not simply replace, but rather draw upon, absorb, displace and resituate earlier technologies.
| ISBN: | 9780415918640 |
| Publication date: | 10th November 1997 |
| Author: | Jeffrey Masten |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Essays from the English Institute |
| Genres: |
History Cultural studies Media studies Literature: history and criticism |