Philip Seargeant. The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way We Communicate. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. ISBN 978-1-3502-7886-8 viii+244 pp.

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Mariaelena Bartesaghi | University of South Florida

Published online: 13 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.1075/ld.00199.bar

Article outline

Time and Change
Utopia
Dystopia
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Philip Seargeant. The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way We Communicate. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. ISBN 978-1-3502-7886-8 viii+244 pp.

Philip Seargeant. The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way We Communicate. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. ISBN 978-1-3502-7886-8 viii+244 pp.