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Semantics and cultural change in the British Enlightenment : new words and old /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McIntosh, Carey (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 315.
Subjects:
English language > Semantics, Historical.
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Semantics.
English language > 17th century > Semantics.
English language > 18th century > Semantics.
English language > New words.
Language and culture > England > History > 17th century.
Language and culture > England > History > 18th century.
English language > Early modern > Semantics.
English language > Semantics.
Language and culture.
England.
1600-1799
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Old Words
  • New words and the Middle Class
  • The Enlightenment
  • Science and the English language
  • Words, Cultural Change, and History
  • New Words in the Enlightenment.