Figures of speech : six histories of language & 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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cassedy, Tim, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2018]
Series:Impressions (Series) (University of Iowa Press)
Subjects:
1800-1899
English language > Variation.
English language > Social aspects.
English language > Social aspects > Foreign countries.
Language and culture > History > 19th century.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation.
Langage et culture > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
English language > Social aspects
English language > Variation
Language and culture
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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