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Every generation invents its own lingo - language naturally evolves & develops over time. But quietly re-inventing terminology for stuff that’s already named (“relexicalization”) can be a move with far-reaching political & epistemic consequences.
-Links for the Curious-
Language and Control (Fowler et al, 1979) - http://library.lol/main/8E9C562F915490873345E955789195E3
google.com/books/edition/Language_and_Control/fkEiEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=fowler+1979+language+and+control&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover
Learn to Write Badly : How to Succeed in the Social Sciences (Billig, 2013) - betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/Learn-to-Write-Badly---How-to-Succeed-in-the-Social-Sciences-9781107676985
Reinventing Wheels (Voas, 2020) - computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/2020/02/08996110/1hmvEhbbHQ4
Defining, Understanding, and Addressing Big Data (Bihl et al, 2016) - researchgate.net/profile/Trevor-Bihl/publication/283502288_Defining_Understanding_and_Addressing_Big_Data/links/563b739f08ae405111a75d66/Defining-Understanding-and-Addressing-Big-Data.pdf
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) - librarianshipstudies.com/2018/01/library-of-congress-subject-headings-lcsh.html
The Burden of Knowledge and the oDeath of the Renaissance Manp: Is Innovation Getting Harder?! (Jones, 2008) - http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/jones-ben/htm/BurdenOfKnowledge.pdf
A Mathematical Model for the Determination of Total Area Under Glucose Tolerance and Other Metabolic Curves (Tai, 1993) - https://math.berkeley.edu/~ehallman/math1B/TaisMethod.pdf
Tai's Formula Is the Trapezoidal Rule (Monaco & Anderson, 1994) - diabetesjournals.org/care/article/17/10/1224/18808/Tai-s-Formula-Is-the-Trapezoidal-Rule
Reply From Mary Tai (Tai, 1994) - diabetesjournals.org/care/article/17/10/1225/18706/Reply-From-Mary-Tai
Ancient Babylonian astronomers calculated Jupiter's position from the area under a time-velocity graph (Ossendrijver, 2016) - science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aad8085
Avoid Neologisms (Wiki Wiki Web) - wiki.c2.com/?AvoidNeologisms
Neologisms to describe neologisms: Philosophers of science and terminological innovation (Ahmad, 1999) - https://www.scss.tcd.ie/khurshid.ahmad/Research/OntoTerminology/1999_PhilosophySci_Terminological_Innovation.pdf
Re-inventing the wheel: Why not? Many do. - betaboston.com/news/2014/07/09/re-inventing-the-wheel-why-not-many-do
US6080436A - Bread refreshing method - Google Patents - patents.google.com/patent/US6080436
Kids Invent New Words All The Time… - izismile.com/2020/07/30/kids_invent_new_words_all_the_time_44_pics.html
Silicon Valley's Dumbest 'Inventions' of 2017 (Jones, 2017) - gizmodo.com/silicon-valleys-dumbest-inventions-of-2017-1821307689
Unburdening the Shoulders of Giants: A Quest for Disconnected Academic Psychology (Krpan, 2020) - journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1745691620904775
Reinventing Invention, Again (Simonson, 2014) - tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02773945.2014.938862
The Disruption Machine: What the gospel of innovation gets wrong (Lepore, 2014) - https://facultygovernance.mit.edu/sites/default/files/What_the_Gospel_of_Innovation_Gets_Wrong-The_New_Yorker.pdf
The Trouble with Terms (Voas, unpublished) - tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=926497
Yo, where's my Juicero? A survey of talent in Silicon Valley (Squires, 2021) - jessesquires.com/blog/2021/11/30/yo-wheres-my-juicero
The modern/colonial hell of innovation economy: future as a return to colonial mythologies (Tarvainen, 2022) - tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14747731.2022.2048460
Disruption is an excuse for politically motivated changes (Neem, 2012) - insidehighered.com/views/2012/06/26/disruption-excuse-politically-motivated-changes-essay
Good Idea: Reinventing Invention (Glasner, 2006) - wired.com/2006/03/good-idea-reinventing-invention
International Standardization of Terminology: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects (Felber, 1980) - degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijsl.1980.23.65/html
Critical discourse analysis - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_discourse_analysis
Great Conversation - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Conversation
Stovepipe system - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stovepipe_system
221. Spolsky’s Maxim & Innovation - youtube.com/watch?v=3iUySuDkly8
Every generation invents its own lingo - language naturally evolves & develops over time. But quietly re-inventing terminology for stuff that’s already named (“relexicalization”) can be a move with far-reaching political & epistemic consequences.
-Links for the Curious-
Language and Control (Fowler et al, 1979) - http://library.lol/main/8E9C562F915490873345E955789195E3
google.com/books/edition/Language_and_Control/fkEiEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=fowler+1979+language+and+control&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover
Learn to Write Badly : How to Succeed in the Social Sciences (Billig, 2013) - betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/Learn-to-Write-Badly---How-to-Succeed-in-the-Social-Sciences-9781107676985
Reinventing Wheels (Voas, 2020) - computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/2020/02/08996110/1hmvEhbbHQ4
Defining, Understanding, and Addressing Big Data (Bihl et al, 2016) - researchgate.net/profile/Trevor-Bihl/publication/283502288_Defining_Understanding_and_Addressing_Big_Data/links/563b739f08ae405111a75d66/Defining-Understanding-and-Addressing-Big-Data.pdf
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) - librarianshipstudies.com/2018/01/library-of-congress-subject-headings-lcsh.html
The Burden of Knowledge and the oDeath of the Renaissance Manp: Is Innovation Getting Harder?! (Jones, 2008) - http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/jones-ben/htm/BurdenOfKnowledge.pdf
A Mathematical Model for the Determination of Total Area Under Glucose Tolerance and Other Metabolic Curves (Tai, 1993) - https://math.berkeley.edu/~ehallman/math1B/TaisMethod.pdf
Tai's Formula Is the Trapezoidal Rule (Monaco & Anderson, 1994) - diabetesjournals.org/care/article/17/10/1224/18808/Tai-s-Formula-Is-the-Trapezoidal-Rule
Reply From Mary Tai (Tai, 1994) - diabetesjournals.org/care/article/17/10/1225/18706/Reply-From-Mary-Tai
Ancient Babylonian astronomers calculated Jupiter's position from the area under a time-velocity graph (Ossendrijver, 2016) - science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aad8085
Avoid Neologisms (Wiki Wiki Web) - wiki.c2.com/?AvoidNeologisms
Neologisms to describe neologisms: Philosophers of science and terminological innovation (Ahmad, 1999) - https://www.scss.tcd.ie/khurshid.ahmad/Research/OntoTerminology/1999_PhilosophySci_Terminological_Innovation.pdf
Re-inventing the wheel: Why not? Many do. - betaboston.com/news/2014/07/09/re-inventing-the-wheel-why-not-many-do
US6080436A - Bread refreshing method - Google Patents - patents.google.com/patent/US6080436
Kids Invent New Words All The Time… - izismile.com/2020/07/30/kids_invent_new_words_all_the_time_44_pics.html
Silicon Valley's Dumbest 'Inventions' of 2017 (Jones, 2017) - gizmodo.com/silicon-valleys-dumbest-inventions-of-2017-1821307689
Unburdening the Shoulders of Giants: A Quest for Disconnected Academic Psychology (Krpan, 2020) - journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1745691620904775
Reinventing Invention, Again (Simonson, 2014) - tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02773945.2014.938862
The Disruption Machine: What the gospel of innovation gets wrong (Lepore, 2014) - https://facultygovernance.mit.edu/sites/default/files/What_the_Gospel_of_Innovation_Gets_Wrong-The_New_Yorker.pdf
The Trouble with Terms (Voas, unpublished) - tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=926497
Yo, where's my Juicero? A survey of talent in Silicon Valley (Squires, 2021) - jessesquires.com/blog/2021/11/30/yo-wheres-my-juicero
The modern/colonial hell of innovation economy: future as a return to colonial mythologies (Tarvainen, 2022) - tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14747731.2022.2048460
Disruption is an excuse for politically motivated changes (Neem, 2012) - insidehighered.com/views/2012/06/26/disruption-excuse-politically-motivated-changes-essay
Good Idea: Reinventing Invention (Glasner, 2006) - wired.com/2006/03/good-idea-reinventing-invention
International Standardization of Terminology: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects (Felber, 1980) - degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijsl.1980.23.65/html
Critical discourse analysis - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_discourse_analysis
Great Conversation - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Conversation
Stovepipe system - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stovepipe_system
221. Spolsky’s Maxim & Innovation - youtube.com/watch?v=3iUySuDkly8
