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Governing the tongue : the politics of speech in early New England
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- Creator
- Jane Kamensky
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999
- Physical Details
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- ix, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- OCLC
- ocm46990381
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-280) and index.
- Introduction -- The sweetest meat, the bitterest poison -- A most unquiet hiding place -- The misgovernment of woman's tongue -- "Publick Fathers" and cursing sons -- Saying and unsaying -- The tongue is a witch -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Litigation over speech in Massachusetts, 1630-1692
Subjects
- English language -- Political aspects -- New England.
- English language -- History.
- English language -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
- English language -- Spoken English -- New England.
- Language and culture -- New England -- History.
- Oral communication -- New England -- History.
- English language -- 18th century -- History.
- Americanisms -- New England -- History.
- Puritans -- New England -- Language.
- Women -- New England -- Language.
- Authorship -- Sex differences.
- New England -- History.