Figures of Speech : Six Histories of Language and Identity in the Age of Revolutions /

"This study examines the role that language played at the turn of the nineteenth century as an immediate identifier of nationality. During this time of revolution (U.S., French, and Haitian), language served as a key identifier to quickly and conveniently categorize people within a globalizing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cassedy, Tim, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Language and culture.
English language > Variation.
English language > Social aspects.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
Langage et culture > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation.
Language and culture > History > 19th century.
English language > Social aspects > Foreign countries.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Language makes the difference between man and man
  • Linguistic salves for political wounds
  • The united language of English: linguistic separatism and unionism in the revolutionary Atlantic
  • The abecedarian clock: recording speech before recorded sound
  • How to read the world: pantographia, print specimens, and linguistic identity
  • Mary Willcocks's Caraboo tongue
  • Coda.

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