UID:
almafu_9960177843902883
Format:
1 online resource (402 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
1-350-00194-5
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1-350-00195-3
Content:
"'An illustrated analytical study, Words and the First World War considers the situation at home, at war, and under categories such as race, gender and class to give a many-sided picture of language used during the conflict.' The Spectator. First World War expert Julian Walker looks at how the conflict shaped English and its relationship with other languages. He considers language in relation to mediation and authenticity, as well as the limitations and potential of different kinds of verbal communication. Walker also examines: (1) How language changed, and why changed language was used in communications; (2) Language used at the Front and how the 'language of the war' was commercially exploited on the Home Front; (3) The relationship between language, soldiers and class; (4) The idea of the 'indescribability' of the war and the linguistic codes used to convey the experience. 'Languages of the front' became linguistic souvenirs of the war, abandoned by soldiers but taken up by academics, memoir writers and commentators, leaving an indelible mark on the words we use even today."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Note:
Part I: Language, Dialect and the Need to Communicate. 1. Slang, dialect and status ; 2. The need to communicate ; 3. Understanding 'the other' -- Part II: Language at the Front. 4. Our language ; 5. Etymologies ; 6. How lingua franca developed ; 7. Glossaries ; 8. Language as weapon and trophy ; 9. Control, and self-control ; 10. Avoidance ; 11. Wordplay ; 12. The sound of war ; 13. Language in combat ; 14. The destruction of the body ; 15. Failure ; 16. Unacceptable weapons -- Part III: 'Us' and 'Them'. 17. Race ; 18. Naming the enemy ; 19. How others spoke ; 20. Naming 'our' side ; 21. The female -- Part IV: The Home Front. 22. Commerce and war language ; 23. DORA and the control of words ; 24. Outrage ; 25. Women and children -- Part V: Owning the Language. 26. Class war ; 27. 'Not us' ; 28. Our language -- Part VI: Letting Go. 29. Losing the language of war ; 30. The language of commemoration ; 31. Silence ; 32. Post-war war talk ; 33. War porn ; 34. Then and now -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Also issued in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-350-00193-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-350-00192-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350001947
