Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society
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Book Overview
Now revised to include new words and updated essays, Keywords focuses on the sociology of language, demonstrating how the key words we use to understand our society take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of society.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195204697
ISBN13:9780195204698
Release Date:May 1985
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:352 Pages
Weight:0.68 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.0" x 5.4"
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Communication & Media Studies Criticism & Theory Dictionaries & Thesauruses Education & Reference Foreign Language Study & Reference History & Criticism Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Literary Theory Literature Politics & Social Sciences Reference Short Stories Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks Words, Language & GrammarCustomer Reviews
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An essential resource
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Williams has a point of view that readers must take into account, but perhaps all lexicographers should be as overt about their assumptions as he is in this eminently readable historical glossary of the terms that shape Western thought. It's a good idea when you are writing anything to stop at some point and look up Williams' account of a few of the words that you have been using -- it's guaranteed to focus the mind.
a unique book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
one of its kind; it is not a dictionary (not even a technical one); it is not a book on the etimology of words; it will hardly improve your talking skills. Rather, it is a fascinating book on the constant change of culture and how this is reflected in everyday (and not so everyday) words of the English language. You will walk away humble, overwhelmed by the richness and the violence of culture's impact on words.
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