Language in history : theories and texts / Tony Crowley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crowley, Tony.

Series:

Politics of language.

The Politics of language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and history.

Language and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Language in History, Tony Crowley provides the analytical tools for answering such questions. Using a radical re-reading of Saussure and Bahktin, he demonstrates, in four case studies, the ways in which language has been used to construct social and cultural identity in Britain and Ireland. For example, he examines the ways in which language was employed to construct a bourgeois public sphere in 18th Century England, and he reveals how language is still being used in contemporary Ireland to articulate national and political aspirations and why the Irish language died.By bringin

Contents:

Cover; Language in History; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Language in history; 1 For and against Saussure; 2 For and against Bakhtin; 3 Wars of words: The roles of language in eighteenth-century Britain; 4 Forging the nation: Language and cultural nationalism in nineteenth-century Ireland; 5 Science and silence: Language, class, and nation in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain; 6 Conclusion: Back to the past, or on to the future? Language in history; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-211) and index.

ISBN:

9781134908219

1134908210

9780203416440

0203416449

9780585447131

0585447136

9781280321078

1280321075

OCLC:

252777955