Figures of speech : six histories of language & identity in the age of revolutions / Tim Cassedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassedy, Tim, 1981- author.

Series:

Impressions (Series) (University of Iowa Press)

Impressions: studies in the art, culture, and future of books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Variation.

English language.

English language--Social aspects.

English language--Social aspects--Foreign countries.

Language and culture--History--19th century.

Language and culture.

History.

Foreign countries.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2018]

Summary:

"This study examines the role that language played at the turn of the nineteenth century as an immediate identifier of nationality. During this time of revolution (U.S., French, and Haitian), language served as a key identifier to quickly and conveniently categorize people within a globalizing world dominated by British and French empires. Linguistic differences, especially among English-speakers, seemed to validate the emerging national, racial, local, and regional identity categories that took shape in the wake of this new world order"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Language makes the difference between man and man

Linguistic salves for political wounds

The united language of English : linguistic separatism and unionism in the revolutionary Atlantic

The abecedarian clock : recording speech before recorded sound

How to read the world : pantographia, print specimens, and linguistic identity

Mary Willcocks's Caraboo tongue

Language makes the [hifence] between now and then.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cassedy, Tim, 1981- Figures of speech.

ISBN:

9781609386122

1609386124

OCLC:

1031155478