1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910316449703321

Autore

MacKellar Calum

Titolo

Cyborg mind : what brain-computer and mind-cyberspace interfaces mean for cyberneuroethics / / edited by Calum MacKellar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berghahn Books, 2017

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , [2019]

ISBN

1-78920-111-X

1-78920-015-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 254 pages)

Disciplina

612.80285

Soggetti

Brain-computer interfaces

Human-computer interaction

Cybernetics - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Why use the term cyberneuroethics? -- Popular understanding of neuronal interfaces -- Presentation of the brain/mind interface -- Neuronal interface systems -- Cyberneuroethics -- Neuronal interfaces and policy -- Conclusion -- Appendix: SCHB recommendations on cyberneuroethics.

Sommario/riassunto

Should people hardwire computers into their brains, enabling their minds to directly access cyberspace? What advantages and risks would this represent? Would this create a new humanity? These questions have been considered and discussed in science fiction for decades, but technology is beginning to make such developments seem remarkably plausible. This book examines what is currently taking place in this fast-developing sector of society while looking at future prospects. In so doing it seeks to integrate technological and scientific developments, political debate as well as philosophical interrogation while involving ethicists, policy makers, journalists, and practitioners. It is the first extensive study on a topic that is certain to significantly impact the 21st century and beyond. It opens the first door to this important debate.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797568503321

Autore

Yuming Li

Titolo

Language planning in China / / Li Yuming

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-5015-0039-2

1-61451-392-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (504 p.)

Collana

Language policies and practices in China, , 2195-9838 ; ; volume 4

Disciplina

306.44/951

Soggetti

Language planning - China

Language policy - China

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Chinese speakers

Chinese language - Social aspects

China Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Foreword by Bernard Spolsky -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Three major linguistic issues of mankind in contemporary societies -- Chapter 2. On mother tongue -- Chapter 3. On planning of language function -- Chapter 4. Some considerations on enhancing the national language capability -- Chapter 5. Language is also a “hard power” -- Chapter 6. On levels of language life -- Chapter 7. On field language planning -- Chapter 8. Characteristics of language life in contemporary China -- Chapter 9. On foreign language planning in China -- Chapter 10. The status of authoritative dialect in language standardization -- Chapter 11. A supplement to The Status of Authoritative Dialects in Language Standardization -- Chapter 12. Building up bilingual and bi-dialectical competence -- Chapter 13. On the establishment of Chinese Language Resource Audio Database -- Chapter 14. Some thoughts on the standardization of lexical items -- Chapter 15. On terminology -- Chapter 16. Reflection on the modernization of lexicography in China -- Chapter 17. On Zhongguo Yuyan Shenghuo Lüpishu (Green Paper on the Language Situation in China) -- Chapter 18. Issues of the Chinese language in the



information age -- Chapter 19. Language tasks in the information age -- Chapter 20. The work of language standardization in the information age -- Chapter 21. Constructing the grand platform of China Character Set -- Chapter 22. On annotation of language knowledge in the corpus -- Chapter 23. The needs for language learning and teaching Chinese as foreign language -- Chapter 24. The significance of a study on the history of the international dissemination of Chinese -- Chapter 25. Contemporary China: the core of international education of the Chinese language -- Chapter 26. The intension and extension of qieyinzi -- Chapter 27. The proposition of universal education in the Qieyinzi Movement -- Chapter 28. Late Qing script reformers’ view of dialects -- Chapter 29. Late Qing script reformers’ views on language unification -- Chapter 30. Centenary of the promulgation of the state resolution Proposal for Establishing a Common National Language -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by a leading scholar who has been closely involved in language planning in China over many decades, this collection of essays is a critical reflection of the work the Chinese government and academics have undertaken in establishing appropriate policies regarding language standard, language use and language education. The essays contain unique insights into the thinking behind much of the language planning work in China today.