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Michelle McSweeney OK (Paperback) Object Lessons. OK is a young word, less than 200 years old. It began as an acronym for “all correct” when the steam-powered printing press pushed newspapers into the mainstream. Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Further DetailsTitle: OK Condition: New Author: Michelle McSweeney Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-10: 1501367188 EAN: 9781501367182 ISBN: 9781501367182 Format: Paperback Release Date: 02/23/2023 Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 165mm Item Length: 121mm Genre: Language & Reference Topic: Literary Criticism, Philosophy & Spirituality Description: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things."OK" as a word accepts proposals, describes the world as satisfactory (but not good), provides conversational momentum, or even agrees (or disagrees). OK as an object, however, tells a story of how technology writes itself into language, permanently altering communication. OK is a young word, less than 200 years old. It began as an acronym for “all correct” when the steam-powered printing press pushed newspapers into the mainstream. Today it is spoken and written by nearly everyone in the world. Drawing on linguistics, history, and new media studies, Michelle McSweeney traces OK from its birth in the Penny Presses through telephone lines, grammar books, and television signals into the digital age.Nearly ubiquitous and often overlooked, OK illustrates the never-ending dance between language, technology, and culture, and offers lessons for our own techno-historical moment.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic . Series: Object Lessons Item Width: 14mm Item Weight: 140g Type: Textbook Release Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
