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Sociolinguistics --- English language --- Dialectology --- Anglais (langue) --- Mondialisation --- Intercultural communication. --- Étude et enseignement --- Variation linguistique --- Globalization. --- Variation --- #KVHA:Taalkunde; Engels --- #KVHA:Vergelijkende linguïstiek; Engels --- Intercultural communication --- Cross-cultural communication --- Communication --- Culture --- Cross-cultural orientation --- Cultural competence --- Multilingual communication --- Technical assistance --- Globalization --- Anthropological aspects --- Mondialisation. --- Étude et enseignement. --- Variation linguistique. --- Germanic languages

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Will language as we know it cease to exist? What could this mean for the way we live our lives? Shining a light on the technology currently being developed to revolutionise communication, The Future of Language distinguishes myth from reality and superstition from scientifically-based prediction as it plots out the importance of language and raises questions about its future. From the rise of artificial intelligence and speaking robots, to brain implants and computer-facilitated telepathy, language and communications expert Philip Seargeant surveys the development of new digital 'languages', such as emojis, animated gifs and memes, and investigates how conventions of spoken and written language are being modified by new trends in communication. From George Orwell's fictional predictions in Nineteen Eighty-Four to the very real warnings of climate activist Greta Thunberg, Seargeant explores language through time, traversing politics, religion, philosophy, literature, and of course technology, in the process. Tracing how previous eras have imagined the future of language, from the Bible to the works H. G. Wells, and from Star Wars to Star Trek, the book reveals how perfecting language and communication has always been a vital component of utopian dreams of the future. Questioning the potential ramifications of recent and future developments in communication on society and its ideals, The Future of Language is a no holds barred investigation into the state of civilisation and the impact that changes in language could have on our lives.

Communication and technology --- Communication --- Language and languages --- Language and languages. --- Communication and technology. --- Langage et langues. --- Communication et technologie. --- Technologies de l'information et de la communication. --- Technological innovations --- Technological innovations. --- Communication studies --- Sociolinguistics --- Impact of science & technology on society --- Computational linguistics. --- linguistics

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Futures for English Studies brings together chapters by leading writers across the curriculum area of English to investigate how the component parts of English (literature, language, and creative writing) are located institutionally in higher education and to explore the interdisciplinary prospects of a subject which spans the humanities and social sciences. Through explorations of changing foci in a variety of contexts, the book examines the value and purpose of teaching and researching English language, literature and creative writing in the twenty-first century, both within Anglophone countries and the wider world. The contributors, all practicing educators and researchers in the field, bring a wide range of perspectives to the theme of the development of the discipline, and illustrate that the strengths of English Studies as an academic subject lie not only in its traditional breadth and depth, but also in a readiness to adapt, experiment, and engage with other subjects.

Education, Higher. --- English language --- Language and literature --- Creative thinking --- Study and teaching (Higher) --- Creative thinking (Education) --- Creative ability --- Thought and thinking --- Creative writing. --- Higher Education. --- Linguistics, general. --- Creative Writing. --- Writing (Authorship) --- Authorship --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Universities and colleges --- Education --- Higher education. --- Linguistics. --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Language and languages