Language, Self, and Society. A Social History of Language. Edited by Peter Burke and Roy Porter with an Afterword by Dell Hymes.
Language: English
Published by Cambridge: Polity Press,, 1991
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First published. vi,(2),358pp. Black paper coverd thick boards, gilt lettering to spine. 23.5x15.5cm. d.w.sl.chipped and sl.foxing. Edges and pages sl.foxing. (Contributors; Peter Burke, Nigel Smith, Hugh Ormsby-Lennon, Jo Gladstone, Patrick Joyce et al.) [L05141-607613].
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- Title
- Language, Self, and Society. A Social History of Language. Edited by Peter Burke and Roy Porter with an Afterword by Dell Hymes.
- Author
- Burke, Peter ed.; Porter, Roy ed.
- Publisher
- Cambridge: Polity Press,
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- good
- Dust jacket
- fair
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0745607659
- ISBN 13
- 9780745607658
- Edition
- First edition.
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.
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