Language, Self, and Society: A Social History of Language - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745607659 ISBN 13 : 9780745607658

Editeur : Polity Press, 1991

Synopsis

The main aim of this volume is to examine the role of written and spoken language in shaping people's sense of reality, the exchanges in social life and in fashioning their sense of self. It develops a socio-historical approach to these issues, offering a range of studies in the social history of language. Following a section on the history of languages such as Latin and Hebrew, it discusses the politics of language, paying special attention to dialect and the relations between the languages of the conquerors and the conquered. In the third section, the relation between forms of expression and the development of personal self-definition is examined.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This important book examines the role of written and spoken language in shaping our sense of reality, in exchanges of social life, and in fashioning our sense of self. It develops a distinctive, socio–historical approach to these issues, offering a range of illuminating studies in the social history of language.

The first section discusses the history of specially charged languages (Latin, Hebrew, and the speech–forms of the Quakers). The second section examines the politics of language, paying special attention to dialect and the relations between the language of conquerors and the conquered. In the third section, the relation between forms of expression and the development of personal self–definition is discussed.

This key work will make a major contribution to the interdisciplinary study of language. It will be of interest to students and researchers in social history, linguistics, and the history and sociology of language.

Revue de presse

′The broad concentration upon a generally–neglected period of language history (the 17th and 18th centuries) is wholly welcome... Nigel Smith is fascinating on ′The Uses of Hebrew in the English Revolution′ and Peter Burke′s little sketch of post–Medieval uses of Latin is wide ranging and excellent.′ The London Review of Books

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745607659
• ISBN 13: 9780745607658
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Burke Peter, Porter Roy
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible