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Figures Of Speech: Six Histories Of Language And Identity In The Age Of Revolutions paperback english - 30 Jan 2019

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الناشرUniversity Of Iowa Press
رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 139781609386122
اللغةالإنجليزية
العنوان الفرعي للكتابSix Histories Of Language And Identity In The Age Of Revolutions
وصف الكتابTim Cassedy's fascinating study examines the role that language played at the turn of the nineteenth century as a marker of one's identity. During this time of revolution (U.S., French, and Haitian) and globalization, language served as a way to categorize people within a world that appeared more diverse than ever. Linguistic differences, especially among English-speakers, seemed to validate the emerging national, racial, local, and regional identity categories that took shape in this new world order. Focusing on six eccentric characters of the time-from the woman known as "Princess Caraboo" to wordsmith Noah Webster-Cassedy shows how each put language at the center of their identities and lived out the possibilities of their era's linguistic ideas. The result is a highly entertaining and equally informative look at how perceptions about who spoke what language-and how they spoke it-determined the shape of communities in the British American colonies and beyond. This engagingly written story is sure to appeal to historians of literature, culture, and communication; to linguists and book historians; and to general readers interested in how ideas about English developed in the early United States and throughout the English-speaking world.
عن المؤلفTim Cassedy is assistant professor of English at Southern Methodist University. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
تاريخ النشر30 Jan 2019
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