{"product_id":"the-social-life-of-words-isbn-9781119881032","title":"The Social Life of Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new approach to sociolinguistics, introducing the study of the social meaning of English words over time, and offering an engaging and entertaining demonstration of lexical sociolinguistic analysis \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach\u003c\/i\u003e explores the rise and fall of the social properties of words, charting ways in which they take on new social connotations. Written in an engaging narrative style, this entertaining text matches up sociolinguistic theory with social history and biography to discover which kind of people used what kind of word, where and when. Social factors such as class, age, race, region, gender, occupation, religion and criminality are discussed in British and American English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom familiar words such as \u003ci\u003epopcorn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eporridge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ecafé\u003c\/i\u003e, to less common words like \u003ci\u003eburgoo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ecalifont\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eetna\u003c\/i\u003e, and phrases like \u003ci\u003ekiss me quick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003emonkey parade, slap-bang shop\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates some of the many ways a new word or phrase can develop social affiliations. Detailed yet accessible chapters cover key areas of historical sociolinguistics, including concepts such as social networks, communities of practice,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eindexicality and enregisterment, prototypes and stereotypes, polysemy, onomasiology, language regard, lexical appropriation, and more. The first book to take a focused look at lexis as a topic for sociolinguistic analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces sociolinguistic theories and shows how they can be applied to the lexicon\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how readers can apply sociolinguistic theory to their own analyses of words in English and other languages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an engaging and amusing new look at many familiar words, inviting students to explore the sociolinguistic properties of words over time for themselves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of Wiley Blackwell’s acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLanguage in Society \u003c\/i\u003eseries, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and linguists working in sociolinguistics, lexical semantics, English lexicology, and the history and development of modern English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editor's Preface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Introduction: geyser, califont, ascot 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI.1 On Concepts, Approaches, Methods, and Theories 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI.2 On Sources 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI.3 Editorial Principles 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Lexical Sociolinguistics and Social Networks 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction to Social Network Theory 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Previous Scholarship 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Swiss waiter 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Sosison Vo Land 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Summary 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Lexical Sociolinguistics and Communities of Practice 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction to Communities of Practice 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Previous Scholarship 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Etna 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 Summary 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Laugh! 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Summary 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Sociolinguistics of Polysemy 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction to the Sociolinguistics of Polysemy 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Previous Scholarship 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Maroon 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Popcorn 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Summary 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Sociolinguistics of Onomasiology 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction to the Sociolinguistics of Onomasiology 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Previous Scholarship 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 direction, address 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Kiss Me Quick 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Summary 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Sociolinguistics of Stereotypes 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction to the Sociolinguistics of Stereotypes 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Previous Scholarship 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Goss 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Goodwill 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Porridge 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Fido, Rover 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Summary 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Language Regard and Lexical Influencers 102\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction to Language Regard 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Previous Scholarship 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Café, Restaurant 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Restaurant 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Café 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3 Slap-Bang Shop 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.4 Ordinary 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.5 Alamode Beefshop 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.6 Coffee-House 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.7 Coffee-Palace and Coffee-Tavern 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.8 Buffet 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.9 Time-Line of Development 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.10 Coffee Shop 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Summary 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Lexical Sociolinguistics, Indexicality and Enregisterment 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction to Indexicality and Enregisterment 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Previous Scholarship 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Drage 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Tinned Salmon 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Rather! 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Summary 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Lexical Sociolinguistics and Spatial Spread 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction to Spatial Spread 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Previous Scholarship 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Monkey Parade, Shopping Parade 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.1 Summary 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Sunnyside 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Summary 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Lexical Appropriation 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction to Lexical Appropriation 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Into 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Baggonet 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Burgoo 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.1 What Is Already Known About burgoo 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.2 Further Data Assembled in Date Order 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.3 Polysemous Senses of burgoo 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.4 Onomasiological Sets 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.5 Spread of burgoo in Physical Space 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.6 Spread of burgoo in Social Space 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.7 Perceived Space and Authority Constraints 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.8 Evidence of Indexicality and Enregisterment 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.9 Stereotypical Properties 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.10 Language Regard and Lexical Appropriation 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Summary 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Future Directions 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 195\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of English Language at the University of Cambridge. She is a historical sociolinguist who tracks the social history of English. Her books include \u003ci\u003eSunnyside: A Sociolinguistic History of British House Names, The Multilingual Origins of Standard English, Southern English Varieties Then and Now, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Multilingual Practices in Language History: New Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do words come to take on new connotations in everyday usage? \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach\u003c\/i\u003e explores how English words take on the social properties of the people who use them. Written in an engaging narrative style, this entertaining text matches up theory with social history and biography to find out which kind of people used what kind of word, where and when, addressing the ways in which class, age, race, region, gender, religion, and other factors influence language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom familiar words such as \u003ci\u003epopcorn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eporridge\u003c\/i\u003e along with now-forgotten phrases like \u003ci\u003emonkey parade\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eslap-bang shop\u003c\/i\u003e, the words analyzed in \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words\u003c\/i\u003e exemplify some of the distinctive ways that meanings and associations can change over time. Detailed yet accessible chapters cover key areas of historical sociolinguistics, including words and social networks, communities of practice, indexicality and enregisterment, prototypes and stereotypes, polysemy, onomasiology, lexical appropriation, and more. The first book to take a focused look at the lexicon as a feature of sociolinguistic analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words\u003c\/i\u003e presents real-world cases, and demonstrates how readers can apply sociolinguistic theory to their own exploration of words in English and other languages.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of Wiley Blackwell’s acclaimed Language in Society series, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Words\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and anyone interested in in sociolinguistics, lexical semantics, English lexicology, and the history and development of modern English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990342156517,"sku":"NP9781119881032","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119881032.jpg?v=1761787431","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-social-life-of-words-isbn-9781119881032","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}