| Description |
xiii, 269 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 253-266. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Problem -- Rights of man and its aftermath -- Pamphleteers: the association, the swinish multitude, Eaton, More, and Spence -- Winged words: language and liberty in John Horne Tooke's Diversions of Purley -- Power of the press and the trials of William Hone -- Variations of the languages of men: rustics, peasants, and plough-boys. |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- Great Britain -- History.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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English language -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History.
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English language -- Political aspects. |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1789-1820 |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820. |
| Indexed Term |
England Politics Linguistic aspects, 1790-1820 |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Smith, Olivia. Politics of language, 1791-1819. Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1984 (OCoLC)566216450 |
| ISBN |
0198128177 |
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9780198128175 |
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