The Grammar of Empire in Eighteenth-Century British WritingCambridge University Press, 2000 M10 19 - 318 páginas This study explores the complex role of language as an instrument of empire in eighteenth-century British literature. Focusing on the relationship between England and one of its "Celtic colonies," Scotland, Janet Sorensen examines how the expansion of the British empire influenced the formation of a national standard English. The book demonstrates the ambivalence at the heart of British linguistic identity, moving from a close analysis of Scottish writers Alexander MacDonald, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, and Tobias Smollett to a revised understanding of the language use of Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen. |
Contenido
Scripting identity? English language and literacy instruction | 28 |
Tobias Smolletts | 104 |
polite language and its originary | 138 |
William Shaws Scots | 172 |
Epilogue Jane Austens language and the strangeness at home | 197 |
Notes | 224 |
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The Grammar of Empire in Eighteenth-Century British Writing Janet Sorensen Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |
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