On Pejoration Of Women Terms In The History Of English

Download On Pejoration Of Women Terms In The History Of English full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online On Pejoration Of Women Terms In The History Of English ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Gender Shifts in the History of English

Author : Anne Curzan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139436686
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Gender Shifts in the History of English by : Anne Curzan

Download or read book Gender Shifts in the History of English written by Anne Curzan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How and why did grammatical gender, found in Old English and in other Germanic languages, gradually disappear from English and get replaced by a system where the gender of nouns and the use of personal pronouns depend on the natural gender of the referent? How is this shift related to 'irregular agreement' (such as she for ships) and 'sexist' language use (such as generic he) in Modern English, and how is the language continuing to evolve in these respects? Anne Curzan's accessibly written and carefully researched study is based on extensive corpus data, and will make a major contribution by providing a historical perspective on these often controversial questions. It will be of interest to researchers and students in history of English, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, language and gender, and medieval studies.

On Pejoration of Women Terms in the History of English

Author : Bożena Kochman-Haładyj
Publisher : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
ISBN 13 : 9788373386440
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (864 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis On Pejoration of Women Terms in the History of English by : Bożena Kochman-Haładyj

Download or read book On Pejoration of Women Terms in the History of English written by Bożena Kochman-Haładyj and published by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Slang and Sociability

Author : Connie Eble
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469610574
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Slang and Sociability by : Connie Eble

Download or read book Slang and Sociability written by Connie Eble and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slang is often seen as a lesser form of language, one that is simply not as meaningful or important as its 'regular' counterpart. Connie Eble refutes this notion as she reveals the sources, poetry, symbolism, and subtlety of informal slang expressions. In Slang and Sociability, Eble explores the words and phrases that American college students use casually among themselves. Based on more than 10,000 examples submitted by Eble's students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over the last twenty years, the book shows that slang is dynamic vocabulary that cannot be dismissed as deviant or marginal. Like more formal words and phrases, slang is created, modified, and transmitted by its users to serve their own purposes. In the case of college students, these purposes include cementing group identity and opposing authority. The book includes a glossary of the more than 1,000 slang words and phrases discussed in the text, as well as a list of the 40 most enduring terms since 1972. Examples from the glossary: group gropes -- encounter groups squirrel kisser -- environmentalist Goth -- student who dresses in black and listens to avant-garde music bad bongos -- situation in which things do not go well triangle -- person who is stupid or not up on the latest za -- pizza smoke -- to perform well dead soldier -- empty beer container toast -- in big trouble, the victim of misfortune parental units -- parents

Pejoration

Author : Rita Finkbeiner
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027267367
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Pejoration by : Rita Finkbeiner

Download or read book Pejoration written by Rita Finkbeiner and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though “pejoration” is an important notion for linguistic analysis and theory, there is still a lack of theoretical understanding and sound descriptive analysis. In this timely collection, the phenomenon of pejoration is studied from a number of angles. It contains studies from phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and deals with diverse languages and their variants. The collection will appeal to all those linguists with a genuine interest in locating pejoration at the grammar-pragmatics interface.

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women

Author : Cheris Kramarae
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135963150
Total Pages : 2050 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women by : Cheris Kramarae

Download or read book Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women written by Cheris Kramarae and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-04-16 with total page 2050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a full list of entries and contributors, sample entries, and more, visit the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women website. Featuring comprehensive global coverage of women's issues and concerns, from violence and sexuality to feminist theory, the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women brings the field into the new millennium. In over 900 signed A-Z entries from US and Europe, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, and the Middle East, the women who pioneered the field from its inception collaborate with the new scholars who are shaping the future of women's studies to create the new standard work for anyone who needs information on women-related subjects.

The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics

Author : Merja Kytö
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316472914
Total Pages : 1092 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics by : Merja Kytö

Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics written by Merja Kytö and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has developed theories and methods for exploring the history of the English language. This Handbook provides an account of state-of-the-art research on this history. It offers an in-depth survey of materials, methods, and language-theoretical models used to study the long diachrony of English. The frameworks covered include corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, historical pragmatics and manuscript studies, among others. The chapters, by leading experts, examine the interplay of language theory and empirical data throughout, critically assessing the work in the field. Of particular importance are the diverse data sources which have become increasingly available in electronic form, allowing the discipline to develop in new directions. The Handbook offers access to the rich and many-faceted spectrum of work in English historical linguistics, past and present, and will be useful for researchers and students interested in hands-on research on the history of English.

An Encyclopedia of Swearing

Author : Geoffrey Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317476786
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis An Encyclopedia of Swearing by : Geoffrey Hughes

Download or read book An Encyclopedia of Swearing written by Geoffrey Hughes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only encyclopedia and social history of swearing and foul language in the English-speaking world. It covers the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language. While the emphasis is on American and British English, the different major global varieties, such as Australian, Canadian, South African, and Caribbean English are also covered. A-Z entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including fascinating details on the history and origins of each term and the social context in which it found expression. Categories include blasphemy, obscenity, profanity, the categorization of women and races, and modal varieties, such as the ritual insults of Renaissance "flyting" and modern "sounding" or "playing the dozens." Entries cover the historical dimension of the language, from Anglo-Saxon heroic oaths and the surprising power of medieval profanity, to the strict censorship of the Renaissance and the vibrant, modern language of the streets. Social factors, such as stereotyping, xenophobia, and the dynamics of ethnic slurs, as well as age and gender differences in swearing are also addressed, along with the major taboo words and the complex and changing nature of religious, sexual, and racial taboos.

Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language

Author : Mary Hayes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190683422
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language by : Mary Hayes

Download or read book Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language written by Mary Hayes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the English Language has been a standard university course offering for over 150 years. Yet relatively little has been written about teaching a course whose very title suggests its prodigious chronological, geographic, and disciplinary scope. In the nineteenth century, History of the English Language courses focused on canonical British literary works. Since these early curricula were formed, the English language has changed, and so have the courses. In the twenty-first century, instructors account for the growing prominence of World Englishes as well as the English language's transformative relationship with the internet and social media. Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language addresses the challenges and circumstances that the course's instructors and students commonly face. The volume reads as a series of "master classes" taught by experienced instructors who explain the pedagogical problems that inspired resourceful teaching practices. Although its chapters are authored by seasoned teachers, many of whom are preeminent scholars in their individual fields, the book is designed for instructors at any career stage-beginners and veterans alike. The topics addressed in Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language include: the unique pedagogical dynamic that transpires in language study; the course's origins and relevance to current university curricula; scholarly approaches that can offer an abiding focus in a semester-long course; advice about navigating the course's formidable chronological ambit; ways to account for the language's many varieties; and the course's substantial and pedagogical relationship to contemporary multimedia platforms. Each chapter balances theory and practice, explaining in detail activities, assignments, or discussion questions ready for immediate use by instructors.

History of English

Author : Jonathan Culpeper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134758480
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis History of English by : Jonathan Culpeper

Download or read book History of English written by Jonathan Culpeper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of English: * covers the development of the English language from the 5th century to the present day * contains a `mini-corpus' of texts, used for exercises and to illustrate points raised in the commentary * introduces key linguistic concepts * provides `discussion points' to generate debate * involves readers in collecting and analysing their own data

The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader

Author : Lucy Burke
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415186810
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (868 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader by : Lucy Burke

Download or read book The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader written by Lucy Burke and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a core introduction to the most innovative and influential writings to have shaped and defined the relations between language, culture and cultural identity.

English Words

Author : Donka Minkova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521882583
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis English Words by : Donka Minkova

Download or read book English Words written by Donka Minkova and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-19 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of this textbook discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages.

Historical Pragmatics

Author : Andreas H. Jucker
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027285713
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Historical Pragmatics by : Andreas H. Jucker

Download or read book Historical Pragmatics written by Andreas H. Jucker and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1995-12-07 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until very recently, pragmatics has been restricted to the analysis of contemporary spoken language while historical linguistics has studied historical texts and language change in a decontextualized way. This has now radically changed and scholars from around the world are trying to build a new theoretical framework that integrates recent advances both in pragmatics and in historical linguistics. The volume, which contains 22 original articles, starts with an introduction that is both a state-of-the-art account of historical pragmatics and a programmatic statement of its future potential and its different subfields. Part I contains seven pragmaphilological papers that deal with historical texts and their interpretations by paying close attention to the communicative context of these texts. The second and third parts comprise papers in diachronic pragmatics. The ten papers of part II take a linguistic form as their starting point, e.g. particular lexical items or syntactic constructions, and study their pragmatic functions at different times (diachronic form-to-function mappings), while the four papers of part III take a particular pragmatic function as their starting point, e.g. discourse strategies or politeness, and study their linguistic realisation at different times (diachronic function-to-form mappings).

A Survey of Modern English

Author : Stephan Gramley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134944268
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Survey of Modern English by : Stephan Gramley

Download or read book A Survey of Modern English written by Stephan Gramley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-10-04 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, scholarly and systematic review of modern English in one volume. It presents a description of both the linguistic structure of present-day English and its geographical, social, gender and ethnic variations.

Wordslut

Author : Amanda Montell
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062868896
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Wordslut by : Amanda Montell

Download or read book Wordslut written by Amanda Montell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us. The word bitch conjures many images, but it is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even before its usage to mean “a female canine,” bitch didn’t refer to women at all—it originated as a gender-neutral word for “genitalia.” A perfectly innocuous word devolving into an insult directed at females is the case for tons more terms, including hussy, which simply meant “housewife”; and slut, which meant “an untidy person” and was also used to describe men. These are just a few of history’s many English slurs hurled at women. Amanda Montell, reporter and feminist linguist, deconstructs language—from insults, cursing, gossip, and catcalling to grammar and pronunciation patterns—to reveal the ways it has been used for centuries to keep women and other marginalized genders from power. Ever wonder why so many people are annoyed when women speak with vocal fry or use like as filler? Or why certain gender-neutral terms stick and others don’t? Or where stereotypes of how women and men speak come from in the first place? Montell effortlessly moves between history, science, and popular culture to explore these questions—and how we can use the answers to affect real social change. Her irresistible humor shines through, making linguistics not only approachable but downright hilarious and profound. Wordslut gets to the heart of our language, marvels at its elasticity, and sheds much-needed light on the biases that shadow women in our culture and our consciousness.

Pragmatics in the History of English

Author : Laurel Brinton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009322923
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Pragmatics in the History of English by : Laurel Brinton

Download or read book Pragmatics in the History of English written by Laurel Brinton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art overview of English historical pragmatics, covering topics such as speech representation, politeness, and address terms.

The Cambridge History of the English Language

Author : Richard M. Hogg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521264761
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (647 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Cambridge History of the English Language by : Richard M. Hogg

Download or read book The Cambridge History of the English Language written by Richard M. Hogg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the Cambridge History of the English Language covers the period 1476-1776, beginning at the time of the establishment of Caxton's first press in England and concluding with the American Declaration of Independence, the notional birth of the first (non-insular) extraterritorial English. It encompasses three centuries which saw immense cultural change over the whole of Europe: the late middle ages, the renaissance, the reformation, the enlightenment, and the beginnings of romanticism. During this time, Middle English became Early Modern English and then developed into the early stages of indisputably 'modern', if somewhat old-fashioned, English. In this book, the distinguished team of six contributors traces these developments, covering orthography and punctuation, phonology and morphology, syntax, lexis and semantics, regional and social variation, and the literary language. The volume also contains a glossary of linguistic terms and an extensive bibliography.

The History of English

Author : Ishtia Singh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1444119249
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (441 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The History of English by : Ishtia Singh

Download or read book The History of English written by Ishtia Singh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of English provides an accessible introduction to the changes that English has undergone from its Indo-European beginnings to the present day. The text looks at the major periods in the history of English, and provides for each a socio-historical context, an overview of the relevant major linguistic changes, and also focuses on an area of current research interest, either in sociolinguistics or in literary studies. Exercises and activities that allow the reader to get 'hands-on' with different stages of the language, as well as with the concepts of language change, are also included. By explaining language change with close reference to literary and other textual examples and emphasising the integral link between a language and its society, this text is especially useful for students of literature as well as linguistics.