Language, Self and Society: A Social History of Language

图书标准信息

• 作者 Roy、Peter Burke 编
• 出版社 Polity Press
• 出版时间 1991-01
• ISBN 9780745613413
• 定价 277.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 368页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Thisimportantbookexaminestheroleofwrittenandspokenlanguageinshapingoursenseofreality,inexchangesofsociallife,andinfashioningoursenseofself.Itdevelopsadistinctive,socio-historicalapproachtotheseissues,offeringarangeofilluminatingstudiesinthesocialhistoryoflanguage.Thefirstsectiondiscussesthehistoryofspeciallychargedlanguages(Latin,Hebrew,andthespeech-formsoftheQuakers).Thesecondsectionexaminesthepoliticsoflanguage,payingspecialattentiontodialectandtherelationsbetweenthelanguageofconquerorsandtheconquered.Inthethirdsection,therelationbetweenformsofexpressionandthedevelopmentofpersonalself-definitionisdiscussed.Thiskeyworkwillmakeamajorcontributiontotheinterdisciplinarystudyoflanguage.Itwillbeofinteresttostudentsandresearchersinsocialhistory,linguistics,andthehistoryandsociologyoflanguage.

【作者简介】

PeterBurkeisaReaderinCulturalHistoryattheUniversityofCambridgeandaFellowofEmmanuelCollege,Cambridge.RoyPorterisaProfessoroftheHistoryofMedicineatTheWellcomeInstitutefortheHistoryofMedicine.