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

by Julian Walker

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.

First 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350001929
• ISBN13: 9781350001923
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"