Words and the First World War: Language, Memory, Vocabulary-Juli

Words and the First World WarLanguage, Memory, Vocabulary\nAuthor(s): Julian Walker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350001923, 978-1350001923\nSynopsis\n\""An illustrated analytical study, Words and the First World War considers the situation at home, at war, and under categories such as race, gender and class to give a many-sided picture of language used during the conflict.\"" The Spectator\n\nFirst 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:\n\n- How language changed, and why changed language was used in communications\n- Language used at the Front and how the 'language of the war' was commercially exploited on the Home Front\n- The relationship between langua.