Language and Technology Archives — Planet Word Museum The museum where language comes to life Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:24:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://planetwordmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-PW_Logo_BLUE_circle-2-1-32x32.png Language and Technology Archives — Planet Word Museum 32 32 Choosing the 2023 Word of the Year: Q&A with Ben Zimmer and Kelly Wright https://planetwordmuseum.org/choosing-the-2023-word-of-the-year-qa-with-ben-zimmer-and-kelly-wright/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 21:43:25 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=8015 Since 1990, the American Dialect Society has annually unveiled a Word of the Year — a newly prominent word that reflects significant events, societal shifts, and prevailing themes over the…

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]]> A Manifesto for Planet Word 2.0 https://planetwordmuseum.org/a-manifesto-for-planet-word-2-0/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:48:51 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=7198 Back in 2013 when we started planning a museum of words and language, it was mainly intended to be a new way to bring disaffected readers back into the fold…

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]]> Message from the Founder: Or Is It? https://planetwordmuseum.org/message-from-the-founder-or-is-it/ Mon, 16 Jan 2023 20:01:45 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=6400 I’m barely competent with technology and frequently beseeching my daughters or tech-savvy young people for assistance with what I think are my computer’s “bugs.” It’s demeaning to feel so powerless…

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]]> New App Banks on the Human Element of Translation https://planetwordmuseum.org/new-app-banks-on-the-human-element-of-translation/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 05:00:00 +0000 http://planetwordmuseum.org/new-app-banks-on-the-human-element-of-translation/ We have countless machine translation options at our fingertips at any given moment, but many of these comically fail to capture nuance and cultural context. By bringing live, human translators…

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]]> New Words in the Digital Age: Q&A with Grant Barrett https://planetwordmuseum.org/new-words-in-the-digital-age-q-a-with-grant-barrett/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +0000 http://planetwordmuseum.org/new-words-in-the-digital-age-q-a-with-grant-barrett/ Has the internet changed the way new words enter our collective vocabulary? How do dictionary makers figure out what words having staying power and which will be obsolete in a…

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]]> Q&A with Naomi Baron: Print or Screen Reading? https://planetwordmuseum.org/q-a-with-naomi-baron-print-or-screen-reading/ Mon, 22 May 2017 04:00:00 +0000 http://planetwordmuseum.org/q-a-with-naomi-baron-print-or-screen-reading/ Can physical books and eBooks coexist, or are they hopelessly at odds? Linguist Naomi Baron weighs in.

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