{"product_id":"the-social-history-of-language-paperback-9780521317634","title":"The Social History of Language (Paperback) 9780521317634","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Social History of Language\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Burke (Edited by), Roy Porter (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521317634, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 October 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction Peter Burke\u003cbr\u003e 2. The uses of literacy in early modern Italy Peter Burke\u003cbr\u003e 3. Proverbs and social history James Obelkevich\u003cbr\u003e 4. The language of quackery in England, 1660–1800 Roy Porter\u003cbr\u003e 5. Verbal insults in eighteenth-century Paris David Garrioch\u003cbr\u003e 6. Le langage mâle de la vertu: women and the discourse of the French Revolution Dorinda Outram\u003cbr\u003e 7. Words and institutions during the French Revolution: the case of 'revolutionary' scientific and technical education Janis Langins\u003cbr\u003e 8. The sociology of a text: oral culture, literacy and print in early New Zealand D. F. McKenzie\u003cbr\u003e 9. The historian and the Questione della Lingua Jonathan Steinberg\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical essay\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007086547224,"sku":"9780521317634","price":33.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521317634i_f4e55e8a-df26-4f98-b918-61e53f21956b.jpg?v=1691375133","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-social-history-of-language-paperback-9780521317634","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}