Bowering Language Of Geology

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Bowring- Language of Geology
The critical analysis focuses on the encounter between the design language and the language of nature and the new relationships that develop after as described in Jacky Bowring’s where the language of design meets the language of geology. Exploring the process of linguistic migration offers new insight regarding certain geological elements appearing naturally, augmented or even artificially such as loanwords and calques.
Bowring explores the relationship between nature and language that can be traced centuries ago and how the interaction has shaped the language of design. This relationship is depicted as deeply entrenched in the Western culture with various authors describing how the idea of ‘natural language’ has interacted universally with the imported language of design. Understanding the language of nature is defined as instrumental in bringing new meaning and definitions that consequently shape “responsible decisions about how to intervene in the natural world” (Bowring 33). Bowring describes how the language of design responds to the dynamics of contact by comparing it to pidgins and creoles. The arrival of Picturesque from Britain, for instance, and subsequently developing into a new landscape referred to as Pidgin Picturesque in New Zealand has been enabled by what Bowring terms as “encountering an unfamiliar culture or an alien nature [that] pushes a design language to adjust and adapt, adopting elements of this new setting” (33). The interaction between nature and language in varying landscapes has resulted in the exchange and adaptation of the design language that best suits the new environment.
Bowring further analyzes the interaction between imported and local design models and how they adapt to the local design language. In detail, Bowring discusses how calques and loanwords have contributed to the formation of the language of design through transformations and adaptat...