03446nam 2200889 450 991078460920332120200520144314.00-19-771355-61-282-38415-597866123841581-60256-385-30-19-513090-10-19-535136-31-280-44984-597866104498420-19-802515-72027/heb00659(CKB)1000000000397032(EBL)271564(OCoLC)476007628(SSID)ssj0000084238(PQKBManifestationID)11120337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084238(PQKBWorkID)10164295(PQKB)11495281(Au-PeEL)EBL4701232(CaPaEBR)ebr11273103(dli)HEB00659(MiU)MIU01000000000000003898722(MiAaPQ)EBC4701232(EXLCZ)99100000000039703220161012h19971997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGoverning the tongue the politics of speech in early New England /Jane KamenskyNew York ;London, [England] :Oxford University Press,1997.©19971 online resource (304 p.)Includes index.0-585-22348-3 0-19-509080-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-280) and index.Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Sweetest Meat, the Bitterest Poison; TWO: A Most Unquiet Hiding Place; THREE: The Misgovernment of Woman's Tongue; FOUR: ""Publick Fathers"" and Cursing Sons; FIVE: Saying and Unsaying; SIX: The Tongue Is a Witch; Epilogue; APPENDIX: Litigation over Speech in Massachusetts, 1630-1692; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YExplaining why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England, the author 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.""English languagePolitical aspectsNew EnglandEnglish languageReligious aspectsChristianityEnglish languageNew EnglandEnglish languageSpoken EnglishNew EnglandEnglish languageDialectsNew EnglandPuritansNew EnglandLanguageLanguage and cultureNew EnglandOral communicationNew EnglandEnglish language18th centuryAmericanismsNew EnglandNew EnglandLanguagesEnglish languagePolitical aspectsEnglish languageReligious aspectsChristianity.English languageEnglish languageSpoken EnglishEnglish languageDialectsPuritansLanguage.Language and cultureOral communicationEnglish languageAmericanisms420/.974Kamensky Jane938124MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784609203321Governing the tongue2113401UNINA