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  1. The language of the past
    Author: Wilson, Ross
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London

    "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"..."The... more

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    1 A 988291
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    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    GE 2016/6389
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    Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
    2016 A 12999
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    "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"..."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"

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 147424663X; 9781474246781; 1474246788; 9781474246798; 1474246796; 9781474246637
    RVK Categories: HG 725 ; NB 3400 ; NB 5110
    Subjects: History / Terminology; HISTORY / General / bisacsh; HISTORY / Historiography / bisacsh; History; History; History; History; English language; English language; Historiography; Social history; Linguistics
    Scope: 248 Seiten, Illustrationen
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    Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [197]-243