The Social History of Language (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture, Series Number 12) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521301580 ISBN 13: 9780521301589

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

In the last few years, social historians have discovered what might be called the 'linguistic dimension' of their discipline, just as sociolinguists have been discovering the 'historical dimension' and historians of language the 'social dimension'. They have become interested in language both as a source for social history and also as a historical phenomenon in its own right. This volume of essays brings together some of this recent work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The authors concern themselves with the politics as well as the sociology of language; with dialect as well as standard languages; with writing as well as speech; with the language of women as well as that of men; with the language of politeness and the language of insult; the language of deference and the language of revolt; the language of sub-cultures and counter-cultures as well as those of the elites and 'the people'.

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This volume of essays brings together some of this recent work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The authors concern themselves with the politics as well as the sociology of language.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521301580
• ISBN 13: 9780521301589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Burke Peter, Porter Roy