{"product_id":"writing-a-war-of-words-andrew-clark-and-the-search-for-meaning-in-world-war-one-hardcover","title":"Writing a War of Words: Andrew Clark and the Search for Meaning in World War One - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynda Mugglestone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWriting a War of Words\u003c\/em\u003e is the first exploration of the war-time quest by Andrew Clark - a writer, historian, and volunteer on the first edition of the \u003cem\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e - to document changes in the English language from the start of the First World War up to 1919. Clark's unique series of lexical scrapbooks, replete with clippings, annotations, and real-time definitions, reveals a desire to put living language history to the fore, and to create a record of often fleeting popular use. The rise of \u003cem\u003etrench warfare\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eZeppelinophobia\u003c\/em\u003e of total war, and descriptions of \u003cem\u003eshellshock\u003c\/em\u003e (and \u003cem\u003eraid shock\u003c\/em\u003e on the Home Front) all drew his attentive gaze. The archive includes examples from a range of sources, such as advertising, newspapers, and letters from the Front, as well as documenting social issues such as the shifting forms of representation as women 'did their bit' on the Home Front. Lynda's Mugglestone's fascinating investigation of this valuable archive reassesses the\u003cbr\u003econventional accounts of language history during this period, recuperates Clark himself as another 'forgotten lexicographer', challenges the received wisdom on the inexpressibilities of war, and examines the role of language as an interdisciplinary lens on history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLynda Mugglestone, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of the History of English, University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynda Mugglestone\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of the History of English at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Pembroke College. Her research explores language history, language change and attitudes, and lexicography from the eighteenth century onwards, as well as on the history of pronunciation and its social and cultural framing. She is the author of the OUP volumes \u003cem\u003eTalking Proper: The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol\u003c\/em\u003e (2nd ed., 2007), \u003cem\u003eDictionaries: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), and \u003cem\u003eSamuel Johnson and the Journey into Words\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), and editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford History of English\u003c\/em\u003e (2nd ed., 2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785911992608,"sku":"9780198870159","price":70.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/623fc6a96bc68d4d6748926a89c98f18.webp?v=1780623341","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/writing-a-war-of-words-andrew-clark-and-the-search-for-meaning-in-world-war-one-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}