The End of the Sentence.

Have we come to the end of the sentence? This essay assesses the role of sentences in the default styles of the chatbots and takes occasion to consider its historical affordances as a form of exteriorization—one that coordinates linguistic elements and bounds revision. Tracing writing from its non-s...

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Publicado en:Social Research Vol. 93; no. 2; pp. 337 - 360
Autor principal: Dolven, Jeff
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press Summer2026
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