{"product_id":"the-social-life-of-words-a-historical-approach-paperback","title":"The Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Hornsby\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new approach to sociolinguistics, introducing the study of the social meaning of English words over time, and offering an engaging and entertaining demonstration of lexical sociolinguistic analysis \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach\u003c\/i\u003e explores the rise and fall of the social properties of words, charting ways in which they take on new social connotations. Written in an engaging narrative style, this entertaining text matches up sociolinguistic theory with social history and biography to discover which kind of people used what kind of word, where and when. Social factors such as class, age, race, region, gender, occupation, religion and criminality are discussed in British and American English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom familiar words such as \u003ci\u003epopcorn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eporridge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ecafé\u003c\/i\u003e, to less common words like \u003ci\u003eburgoo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ecalifont\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eetna\u003c\/i\u003e, and phrases like \u003ci\u003ekiss me quick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003emonkey parade, slap-bang shop\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates some of the many ways a new word or phrase can develop social affiliations. Detailed yet accessible chapters cover key areas of historical sociolinguistics, including concepts such as social networks, communities of practice, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eindexicality and enregisterment, prototypes and stereotypes, polysemy, onomasiology, language regard, lexical appropriation, and more. The first book to take a focused look at lexis as a topic for sociolinguistic analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces sociolinguistic theories and shows how they can be applied to the lexicon\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how readers can apply sociolinguistic theory to their own analyses of words in English and other languages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an engaging and amusing new look at many familiar words, inviting students to explore the sociolinguistic properties of words over time for themselves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of Wiley Blackwell's acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLanguage in Society \u003c\/i\u003eseries, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and linguists working in sociolinguistics, lexical semantics, English lexicology, and the history and development of modern English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do words come to take on new connotations in everyday usage? \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach\u003c\/i\u003e explores how English words take on the social properties of the people who use them. Written in an engaging narrative style, this entertaining text matches up theory with social history and biography to find out which kind of people used what kind of word, where and when, addressing the ways in which class, age, race, region, gender, religion, and other factors influence language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom familiar words such as \u003ci\u003epopcorn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eporridge\u003c\/i\u003e along with now-forgotten phrases like \u003ci\u003emonkey parade\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eslap-bang shop\u003c\/i\u003e, the words analyzed in \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words\u003c\/i\u003e exemplify some of the distinctive ways that meanings and associations can change over time. Detailed yet accessible chapters cover key areas of historical sociolinguistics, including words and social networks, communities of practice, indexicality and enregisterment, prototypes and stereotypes, polysemy, onomasiology, lexical appropriation, and more. The first book to take a focused look at the lexicon as a feature of sociolinguistic analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words\u003c\/i\u003e presents real-world cases, and demonstrates how readers can apply sociolinguistic theory to their own exploration of words in English and other languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of Wiley Blackwell's acclaimed Language in Society series, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and anyone interested in in sociolinguistics, lexical semantics, English lexicology, and the history and development of modern English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of English Language at the University of Cambridge. She is a historical sociolinguist who tracks the social history of English. Her books include \u003ci\u003eSunnyside: A Sociolinguistic History of British House Names, The Multilingual Origins of Standard English, Southern English Varieties Then and Now, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Multilingual Practices in Language History: New Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695150231859,"sku":"9781119881032","price":87.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WWlFdEp4WkVBdzBPaFhNcmVmSlMyQT09.webp?v=1763081976","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-social-life-of-words-a-historical-approach-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}