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Semantics and cultural change in the British Enlightenment : new words and old / by Carey McIntosh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McIntosh, Carey, author.
- Series:
- Brill's studies in intellectual history ; 315.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 315
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Semantics, Historical.
- English language.
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Semantics.
- English language--17th century--Semantics.
- English language--18th century--Semantics.
- English language--New words.
- Language and culture--England--History--17th century.
- Language and culture.
- Language and culture--England--History--18th century.
- English language--Early modern--Semantics.
- English language--Semantics.
- History.
- Semantics.
- English language--Early modern.
- England.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 222 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Obsolete old words from 17th-century English villages reflect the realities of working-class life, exhausting labor, dirt, bizarre foods, magic, horses, outrageous sexism, feudal duties. New words, first appearing in print 1650-1800, reflect a middle-class culture very different from an earlier courtly culture, interested in money, coffee-houses, and self-fulfillment. Chapters on pre-industrial and middle-class culture, the scientific revolution, and semantic change, give strong evidence that new words and the new senses of old words played a key role in the British Enlightenment, its links with quantification and natural science, its tendencies towards reorganization and democracy, its redefinitions and revitalizations of women's roles, social stereotypes, the public sphere, and the very concepts of individualism, sociability, and civilization itself"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Old Words
- New words and the Middle Class
- The Enlightenment
- Science and the English language
- Words, Cultural Change, and History
- New Words in the Enlightenment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McIntosh, Carey. Semantics and cultural change in the British Enlightenment.
- ISBN:
- 9789004429093
- 9004429093
- OCLC:
- 1143617438
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