Re: [Corpora-List] The genre of the Web

From: Mark P. Line (mark@polymathix.com)
Date: Wed Sep 21 2005 - 16:51:25 MET DST

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    Paula Newman wrote:
    >
    > Re John Sowa's:
    >> I agree with Mark Lane on that point:
    >>
    >> > I don't think of the Web as a genre at all.
    >>
    >> On the other hand, it's not clear that the web
    >> is a medium.
    >
    > The web is a medium of communication that makes material available both
    > in pre-existing genres, and in new genres that have evolved to exploit
    > its capabilities.

    Right, well put. That's what I was trying to say.

    New genres enabled by the Web continue to evolve as we speak, because the
    underlying Web technology itself continues to evolve. For example, Sun has
    developed a wireless web server, Sizzle, that's about the size of a US
    quarter and can be embedded in anything from cellphones to carbon monoxide
    monitors to HVAC's to washing machines. Most of the potential applications
    for this technology may not involve natural language right now, but that's
    just a question of time.

    (Expect to receive cellphone calls from your household appliances in the
    near future. With a bit of luck and legislative intent, you won't be
    getting calls from appliances that would like to be bought.)

    -- Mark

    Mark P. Line
    Polymathix
    San Antonio, TX



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