Figures of Speech: Six Histories of Language and Identity in the Age of Revolutions Cassedy Tim
Figures of Speech: Six Histories of Language and Identity in the Age of Revolutions Cassedy Tim Tim Cassedy's fascinating study examines the role that language played at the turn of the nineteenth…
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Figures of Speech: Six Histories of Language and Identity in the Age of Revolutions Cassedy Tim
Tim Cassedy's fascinating study examines the role that language played at the turn of the nineteenth century as a marker of one's identity. Linguistic differences, especially among English-speakers, seemed to validate the emerging national, racial, local, and regional identity categories that took shape in this new world order.Focusing on six eccentric characters of the time--from the woman known as "Princess Caraboo" to wordsmith Noah Webster--Cassedy shows how each put language at the center of their identities and lived out the possibilities of their era's linguistic ideas. During this time of revolution (U.S., French, and Haitian) and globalization, language served as a way to categorize people within a world that appeared more diverse than ever.
The result is a highly entertaining and equally informative look at how perceptions about who spoke what language--and how they