Worse than Two Fathers": Steampunk Pygmalion and a New Look at Double Standards and the Language of Things in the Digital Realm.

The article discusses the steampunk productions of George Bernard Shaw's play 'Pygmalion' allows to see the need to reconfigure language as dynamic. Topics include embracing a destabilizing counter-pressure as a key element for future conceptualizations of language in the digital realm; the importan...

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Published in:Papers on Language & Literature Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 307 - 347
Main Author: COOPER, ANDREW
Format: Article
Published: Papers on Language & Literature Fall2019
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Summary:The article discusses the steampunk productions of George Bernard Shaw's play 'Pygmalion' allows to see the need to reconfigure language as dynamic. Topics include embracing a destabilizing counter-pressure as a key element for future conceptualizations of language in the digital realm; the importance of understanding data governance in the digital revolution; and creating the capacity of computing language to facilitate interoperability between devices and real-time analysis of big data.