Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 248 pages)
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Ausgabe:
2014
ISBN:
9781474246804
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9781474246798
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9781474246781
Inhalt:
"The Language of the Past analyzes the use of history in discourses within the political, media and the public sphere. It examines how particular terms, phrases and allusions first came into usage, developed and how they are employed today. To speak of something or someone as representing the 'stone age,' or characterize an institution as 'byzantine,' to describe a business relationship as 'feudal' or to disparage ideals or morality as 'Victorian,' refers to both a perception of the past and its relationship to the present. Whilst dictionaries and etymologies define meanings and origin points of words or phrases, this study examines how history is maintained and used within society through language. Detailing the specific words and phrases associated with particular periods used to describe contemporary society, this thorough examination of language and history will be of great interest to those studying historiography, social history and linguistics"--
Inhalt:
"Details the history and contemporary usage of terms and phrases associated with prehistoric, ancient, medieval or modern periods, employed within Anglophone countries to describe social, cultural or political situations in the present."--
Inhalt:
1. Speaking about the Past -- 2. Prehistoric -- 3. Ancient -- 4. Medieval -- 5. Modern -- 6. Conclusions
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9781474246637
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ISBN 9781474246620
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wilson, Ross, 1981 - The language of the past London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 ISBN 147424663X
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ISBN 9781474246781
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ISBN 1474246788
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ISBN 9781474246798
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ISBN 1474246796
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ISBN 9781474246637
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
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Anglistik
Schlagwort(e):
Englisch
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Sprache
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Geschichte
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Diskursanalyse
DOI:
10.5040/9781474246804
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