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The Language of the Past (Hardcover)
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The Language of the Past analyzes the use of history in discourses
within the political, media and the public sphere. It examines how
particular terms, phrases and allusions first came into usage,
developed and how they are employed today. To speak of something or
someone as representing the 'stone age', or characterize an
institution as 'byzantine', to describe a business relationship as
'feudal' or to disparage ideals or morality as 'Victorian', refers
to both a perception of the past and its relationship to the
present. Whilst dictionaries and etymologies define meanings and
origin points of words or phrases, this study examines how history
is maintained and used within society through language. Detailing
the specific words and phrases associated with particular periods
used to describe contemporary society, this thorough examination of
language and history will be of great interest to those studying
historiography, social history and linguistics.
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