ISBN:
9780191913044
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (368 pages)
,
illustrations (black and white).
Edition:
First edition.
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mugglestone, Lynda Writing a war of words
DDC:
306.44221009041
Keywords:
Clark, Andrew
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Clark, Andrew
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English language Social aspects 20th century
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History
;
World War, 1914-1918 Language
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World War, 1914-1918 Social aspects
;
English language
;
Language and languages
;
Social aspects
;
History
;
Clark, Andrew 1856-1922
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Erster Weltkrieg
;
Englisch
;
Sprachentwicklung
Abstract:
Writing a 'War of Words' is an exploration of the war-time quest by Andrew Clark - a writer, historian, and volunteer on the first edition of the 'Oxford English Dictionary' - to document changes in the English language from the start of the First World War up to 1919. Clark's unique series of lexical scrapbooks, replete with clippings, annotations, and real-time definitions, reveals a desire to put living language history to the fore, and to create a record of often fleeting popular use. The rise of trench warfare, the Zeppelinophobia of total war, and descriptions of shellshock (and raid shock on the Home Front) all drew his attentive gaze. The archive includes examples from a range of sources, such as advertising, newspapers, and letters from the Front, as well as documenting social issues such as the shifting forms of representation as women 'did their bit' on the Home Front.
Note:
This edition also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 6, 2021)
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198870159.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198870159.001.0001
