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Publication details [#26863]

Burke, Peter and Roy Porter. 1991. Language, self and society: A social history of language. Polity Press. vii + 358 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
history | language and culture | political system | self
ISBN
0-7456-0765-9

Annotation

This book on power dynamics in language provides various examples to demonstrate how language can both influence historic turns and reflect them.

Reviewed by

Ross, Susan. 1993. Review of $Language, self and society: A social history of language.