The social life of words: a historical approach

A new approach to sociolinguistics, introducing the study of the social meaning of English words over time, and offering an engaging and entertaining demonstration of lexical sociolinguistic analysisThe Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach explores the rise and fall of the social properties o...

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1. Verfasser: Wright, Laura 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken WILEY Blackwell 2023
Schriftenreihe:Language in society 43
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Zusammenfassung:A new approach to sociolinguistics, introducing the study of the social meaning of English words over time, and offering an engaging and entertaining demonstration of lexical sociolinguistic analysisThe Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach explores the rise and fall of the social properties of words, charting ways in which they take on new social connotations. Written in an engaging narrative style, this entertaining text matches up sociolinguistic theory with social history and biography to discover which kind of people used what kind of word, where and when. Social factors such as class, age, race, region, gender, occupation, religion and criminality are discussed in British and American English.From familiar words such as popcorn, porridge, cafe, to less common words like burgoo, califont, etna, and phrases like kiss me quick, monkey parade, slap-bang shop, The Social Life of Words demonstrates some of the many ways a new word or phrase can develop social affiliations.
Beschreibung:ix, 202 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781119881032

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