ISBN: 9789042004337

Hardback, [PU: Brill], If the language we use influences and reflects the way that we see the world, then the fields of LOVE, SEX, and MARRIAGE, will show how speakers of English view the… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Brill], If the language we use influences and reflects the way that we see the world, then the fields of LOVE, SEX, and MARRIAGE, will show how speakers of English view their closest social and emotional relationships. Love, Sex, and Marriage provides a classification of English terms for these three fields from the earliest written records of the language until the present day. This volume makes it possible to trace changing attitudes towards social and sexual ties, and to understand those ties as earlier speakers of English did, through the language they used. The terms are arranged by meaning, and are listed chronologically within semantic fields, with their dates of usage. Notes on individual terms provide further information about their connotations and development. Language does not exist in isolation from the people who speak it, so background information about changes in social conditions, religious beliefs, and medical advancements is also included. A brief introduction to basic semantic terminology explains the principles behind the classification, and an alphabetical index facilitates the location of individual terms., Gender Studies, Gender Groups<

ISBN: 9789042004337

Rodopi B. V. Editions. New. 1998. Hardcover. 9042004339 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLA… Mehr…

Rodopi B. V. Editions. New. 1998. Hardcover. 9042004339 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- IMPORTANT: Interior text is clean, tight, and Unmarked Pages are intact and tight to the spine. 599 pages. -- "Dr Julie Coleman, of the University Department of English, found that although we may be more explicit about sex in the words we use - we are much more likely to use words that disguise our emotions. In her study Love, Sex and Marriage, A Historical Thesaurus, - which is an offshoot of the Historical Thesaurus Project at the University of Glasgow - Dr Coleman charts the use of words relating to this field from before the Norman Conquest to the modern day. Hard-to-find in hardcover. -- with a bonus offer ., Rodopi B. V. Editions, 1998, 6<