Governing the tongue :the politics of speech in early New England
- 作者: Kamensky, Jane.
- 出版: New York : Oxford University Press 1997.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) :illustrations.
- 標題: 1500-1799 , New England. , English language Political aspects -- New England. , Electronic books. , Political aspects. , Oral communication , Language and culture , English language Spoken English. , Oral communication New England -- History. , English language 18th century -- History. , English language. , New England , English language Spoken English -- New England. , History. , English language Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History. , English language Early modern. , English language Political aspects. , Electronic book. , Religious aspectsChristianity. , Political aspects , LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES , Americanisms , Americanisms. , LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics -- General. , English language , Early modern. , Spoken English. , LinguisticsGeneral. , Spoken English , History , English language Religious aspects -- Christianity. , Americanisms New England -- History. , New England History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. , Oral communication. , Language and culture New England -- History. , Language and culture.
- ISBN: 0195351363 , 9780195351361
- ISBN: 0195130901 , 0195090802 , 9780195130904
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-280) and index.
- 摘要: Colonial New Englanders would have found our modern notions of free speech very strange indeed. Children today shrug off harsh words by chanting "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me," but in the seventeenth century people felt differently. "A soft tongue breaketh the bone," they often said. Governing the Tongue explains why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England. Author Jane Kamensky re-examines such famous Puritan events as the Salem witch trials and the banishment of Anne Hutchinson to expose the ever-present fear of what the puritans called "sins of the tongue." But even while dangerous or deviant speech was restricted, Kamensky points out, godly speech was continuously praised and promoted. Congregations were told that one should ones voice "like a trumpet" to God and "cry out and cease not." By placing speech at the heart of familiar stories of Puritan New England, Kamensky develops new ideas about the relationship between speech and power both in Puritan New England and, by extension, in our world today.
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Governing the Tongue explains why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England. In a work that is at once historical, socio-cultural, and linguistic, Jane Kamensky explores the little-known words of unsung individuals, and reconsiders such famous Puritan events as the banishment of Anne Hutchinson and the Salem witch trials, to expose the ever-present fear of what the Puritans called "sins of the tongue." But even while dangerous or deviant speech was restricted, as Kamensky illustrates here, godly speech was continuously praised and promoted. Congregations were told that one should lift one's voice "like a trumpet" to God and "cry out and cease not." By placing speech at the heart of New England's early history, Kamensky develops new ideas about the complex relationship between speech and power in both Puritan New England and, by extension, our world today.
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