{"product_id":"words-and-the-first-world-julian-walker-9781350001930","title":"Words and the First World War: Language, Memory, Vocabulary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The experiences could be understood only as being of such extremity that they stood beyond written words; it was not a failure of language, but a view that, for the individual, language, particularly written words, and the enormity of the experience were not matched.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst World War expert Julian Walker looks at how the conflict shaped English and its relationship with other languages. He considers language in relation to mediation and authenticity, as well as the limitations and potential of different kinds of verbal communication. Walker also examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- How language changed, and why changed language was used in communications\u003cbr\u003e- Language used at the Front and how the 'language of the war' was commercially exploited on the Home Front\u003cbr\u003e- The relationship between language, soldiers and class\u003cbr\u003e- The idea of the 'indescribability' of the war and the linguistic codes used to convey the experience \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Languages of the front' became linguistic souvenirs of the war, abandoned by soldiers but taken up by academics, memoir writers and commentators, leaving an indelible mark on the words we use even today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350001937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350001930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d","brand":"Julian Walker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065511588095,"sku":"9781350001930","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2064a320-9099-433e-a147-c5e839fc9f9c.jpg?v=1768675446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/words-and-the-first-world-julian-walker-9781350001930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}