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| 文件类型： | 书 |
|---|---|
| 所有的著者/提供者： |
Uwe Pörksen |
| ISBN: | 0271014768 : 9780271014760 |
| OCLC号码： | 31740313 |
| 描述： | xviii, 116 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| 内容： | 1. Plastic Words on Both Sides of the Elbe -- 2. Are Plastic Words a New Class of Words? -- 3. Plastic Words as Building Blocks of New Models of Reality -- 4. Experts as Functionaries Who Make Reality -- 5. The Mathematization of the Vernacular -- Appendix: Characteristics of Plastic Words. |
| 其他题名： | Plastikwörter. |
| 责任： | Uwe Poerksen ; translated by Jutta Mason and David Cayley. |
摘要：
According to Poerksen, plastic words began as scientific terms with highly specialized meanings. Many had been imported to the sciences from the vernacular languages of English, German, Spanish, and French, but he finds that in recent decades they have migrated back into the vernacular - stripped of their specialized meanings. They displace more precise words with words that sound scientific but actually blur meaning and disable common language. In the mouths of society's experts - politicians, professors, corporate officials - they become the building blocks for plans and solutions that may seem utopian but that end up impoverishing the world. Plastic Words is a translation of the remarkably successful book first published in Germany in 1988. For the English-language edition, Poerksen has added a new preface, explaining the origin of the book and addressing the spirited public debate it has spawned.