Data di Pubblicazione:
2012
Citazione:
Riches; money, or precious goods : the lexis of wealth in modern English / E. Lonati - In: English dictionaries as cultural mines / [a cura di] R. Facchinetti. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge scholars, 2012. - ISBN 9781443836470. - pp. 7-34 (( convegno Lexis : the study of lexicon across cultural identities and textual genres tenutosi a Verona nel 2010.
Abstract:
The study aims at analysing those lexemes such as commerce, money, manufacture and labour which represent the conceptual/linguistic heritage of those great changes in 18th-century British society and customs. The encyclopaedic headwords and their respective articles systematize/lexicalize the huge 'business' challenge characterizing British domestic and foreign affairs: they ultimately lexicalize 'wealth' in its multifarious aspects, as essentially conceived by the upper and middling classes. New 'wealthy'-words and new discursive practices emerge to represent new values, new habits and new consumer goods.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
wealth; money; commerce; labour; encyclopaedia(s); dictionary(ies); 18th century; goods; consumerism; luxury; comfort; British society; British empire
Elenco autori:
E. Lonati
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Titolo del libro:
English dictionaries as cultural mines