The Social Significance of the Language of the American Frontier
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8728638 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Merton Babcock (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1949 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 256-256 |
| Publication date | 1949-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/453046 |
| OpenAlex | W2334796829 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
THE SET Of attitudes which made the conquest of the American frontier a matter of social, historical, and political reality, and which became one of the primary forces in the development of a unified complexity to be called 'the American Spirit' is best defined in the characteristic language of the frontiersman.' If languages grow and change only as they accompany the daily activities of men and women, the vocabulary of the frontiersman should constitute an index to the pioneer struggles which resulted in the conquest of a continent. Words have a quality of historical, social, and spiritual significance which transcends the more definitive, objective, or philological aspects of the locutions. An intimate acquaintance with the American idiom should reveal the complete social history of the American people
Archaeology · Frontier · Linguistics · Sociology · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Lexicography and Language Studies · Psychology · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |