Images of English: A Cultural History of the Language - Couverture rigide

Bailey, Richard W.

 
9780521415729: Images of English: A Cultural History of the Language
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ISBN 10 : 0521415721 ISBN 13 : 9780521415729
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Images of English was the first book to focus exclusively on opinions about the language as they have evolved through time. Through the use of abundant quotations, Richard Bailey lets voices from the past speak to our present assumptions and challenges the notion of English triumphalism throughout the world and the ages. The book offers a unique historical perspective on attitudes towards the language. We see that journalists who fill anxious columns on slow news-days with fulminations on linguistic deterioration are embellishing centuries of complaint; that women who campaign for a language free of patriarchy and suited to themselves express a yearning first conveyed long ago; that teachers who recommend the vigour of Anglo-Saxon words are sustaining an idea that emerged four hundred years ago in notions about racial purity.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Images of English was the first book to focus exclusively on opinions about the language as they have evolved through time. Through the use of abundant quotations, Richard Bailey lets voices from the past speak to our present assumptions and challenges the notion of English triumphalism throughout the world and the ages. The book offers a unique historical perspective on attitudes towards the language. We see that journalists who fill anxious columns on slow news-days with fulminations on linguistic deterioration are embellishing centuries of complaint; that women who campaign for a language free of patriarchy and suited to themselves express a yearning first conveyed long ago; that teachers who recommend the vigour of Anglo-Saxon words are sustaining an idea that emerged four hundred years ago in notions about racial purity.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521415721
ISBN 13 
9780521415729
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
343
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Personne responsable
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9780521105699: Images of English: A Cultural History of the Language

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521105692 ISBN 13 :  9780521105699
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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