Cyberspace is a Parallel World, a Metaphor Analysis
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Description: This paper examines some of the metaphors that have evolved as we have incorporated computer technology into our lives.
(January 01, 1999)
Cyberspace is a Parallel World by James Q. Jacobs Computers have come into existence in the last half century. In that time they have quickly become an important new industry and an everyday tool, affecting the lives of most people. During this time our languages have had to adapt to this new realm of experience. Rather than creating novel new words for every aspect of these discoveries various existing domains have been mapped onto computers and cyberspace. This paper examines some of the metaphors that have evolved as we have incorporated computer technology into our lives. The adaptation of existing language to the cyberspace domain reveals a great deal about the function of computers in our lives and our attitudes towards them. This mapping also reveals how language adapts to new experience.
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| Page title: | Cyberspace is a Parallel World by James Q. Jacobs |
| Keywords: | metapor, metaphors, metaphor mapping, computer metaphors, cyberspace metaphors, computer, computers, cyberspace, linguistics, language, James Q. Jacobs, James Jacobs, J. Q. Jacobs |
| Description: | A Language and Culture (ASB 481) metaphor paper. Maps the metaphors used to describe computers and cyberspace. |
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