tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post2683818589995376671..comments2024-03-23T00:59:24.057-04:00Comments on Sapping Attention: Age cohort and Vocabulary useBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856020368342677253noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post-52278180301737528172011-04-14T08:42:13.487-04:002011-04-14T08:42:13.487-04:00Outstanding stuff, Ben. Couple of thoughts:
1. To...Outstanding stuff, Ben. Couple of thoughts:<br /><br />1. To what degree are all essentially technical neologisms (novel words from science, technology, industry, law, etc.) going to be disproportionately Angstrom words? How would this reflect the different kinds of hierarchical structures that exist in certain technical realms? Will you see effects whereby older generations of scientists/inventors/jurists/etc. get credit for innovating and coining new concepts before the generations of their students/assistants?<br /><br />2. Somewhat relatedly, are there "reverse Boscombe" words? Structures of hierarchy in technical arenas would be one potential source. Another might be political movements, particularly conservative ones. What would "silent majority" look like in the latter half of the 20th century, for example?Willy D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post-64263781927381533642011-04-12T15:22:05.294-04:002011-04-12T15:22:05.294-04:00What was Melville? More soon..What was Melville? More soon..Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841787256060612291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post-55364398344531408172011-04-11T23:34:23.922-04:002011-04-11T23:34:23.922-04:00Impressive. This is a really fundamental question ...Impressive. This is a really fundamental question about the way vocabulary changes from one era to another, and these visualizations are answering it very persuasively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com