Governing the tongue : the politics of speech in early New England /

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Colonial New Englanders would have found our modern notions of free speech very strange indeed. Children today shrug off harsh words by chanting "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me," but in the seventeenth century people felt differently. "A soft tongue...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kamensky, Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Temas:
1500-1799
English language > Political aspects > New England.
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History.
English language > Religious aspects > Christianity.
English language > Spoken English > New England.
Language and culture > New England > History.
Oral communication > New England > History.
English language > 18th century > History.
Americanisms > New England > History.
Anglais (Langue) > 1500-1700 (Moderne) > Histoire.
Anglais (Langue) > Anglais parlé > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Langage et culture > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Communication orale > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Anglais (Langue) > 18e siècle > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Americanisms
English language
English language > Early modern
English language > Political aspects
English language > Religious aspects > Christianity
English language > Spoken English
Language and culture
Oral communication
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
New England
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 The Sweetest Meat, the Bitterest Poison 17
  • 2 A Most Unquiet Hiding Place 43
  • 3 The Misgovernment of Woman's Tongue 71
  • 4 "Publick Fathers" and Cursing Sons 99
  • 5 Saying and Unsaying 127
  • 6 The Tongue Is a Witch 150
  • Appendix Litigation over Speech in Massachusetts, 1630-1692 195.

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