Paying attention to words is nothing new in the realm of social science. However, it often remains superficial or tends to consider that words have a history that could be retraced. In this article, we will show that it is possible to understand things differently. Relying on three examples (diaspora, globalization and the French word “communautarisme”), we will propose another approach – social-historical semantics – in which the historical study of the political, social, journalistic and academic uses of words remains closely associated to the analysis of how words play a role in shaping reality. Far from being nothing but words, they can eventually acquire, through repeated used or through the importance they are granted at a certain mom...
Il existe au moins trois modes d'accès au sens. Le premier pourrait s'attacher à l'investissement la...
Through questions such as ‘What is power?’, ‘How are revolutions generated?’, ‘Does public opinion r...
International audienceThis article aims to show the need for a multidisciplinary approach to the stu...
Paying attention to words is nothing new in the realm of social science. However, it often remains s...
This issue of Tracés revisits the classic question of the social life of words and seeks to understa...
Bien que les historiens analysent les émotions des sociétés passées, le terme émotion lui-même est u...
Socio-History of a Concept: The Uses of the Word «Nationality» in the 19th Century In the French lan...
Cet ouvrage est le contraire d'un dictionnaire. Il ne parle pas de « langue » ; il ne prétend pas ré...
The article studies the ways in which words are constructed in French: they become increasingly com...
This article aims to discuss the relationship between daily life and history. The analysis is develo...
Jean-Jacques Courtine : The Fabric of Memory : Historical Perspectives in Language Sciences This ...
Les termes engagés dans des processus symboliques, eux-mêmes impliqués dans des conflits de pouvoir,...
When we consider the words in the History, we place the analysis of discourse in a more general ques...
This article on lexical semantics aims at studying the specialized languages coming with professiona...
In 1975, 1/3 of the publications by French scholars were written in English. What is thé implication...
Il existe au moins trois modes d'accès au sens. Le premier pourrait s'attacher à l'investissement la...
Through questions such as ‘What is power?’, ‘How are revolutions generated?’, ‘Does public opinion r...
International audienceThis article aims to show the need for a multidisciplinary approach to the stu...
Paying attention to words is nothing new in the realm of social science. However, it often remains s...
This issue of Tracés revisits the classic question of the social life of words and seeks to understa...
Bien que les historiens analysent les émotions des sociétés passées, le terme émotion lui-même est u...
Socio-History of a Concept: The Uses of the Word «Nationality» in the 19th Century In the French lan...
Cet ouvrage est le contraire d'un dictionnaire. Il ne parle pas de « langue » ; il ne prétend pas ré...
The article studies the ways in which words are constructed in French: they become increasingly com...
This article aims to discuss the relationship between daily life and history. The analysis is develo...
Jean-Jacques Courtine : The Fabric of Memory : Historical Perspectives in Language Sciences This ...
Les termes engagés dans des processus symboliques, eux-mêmes impliqués dans des conflits de pouvoir,...
When we consider the words in the History, we place the analysis of discourse in a more general ques...
This article on lexical semantics aims at studying the specialized languages coming with professiona...
In 1975, 1/3 of the publications by French scholars were written in English. What is thé implication...
Il existe au moins trois modes d'accès au sens. Le premier pourrait s'attacher à l'investissement la...
Through questions such as ‘What is power?’, ‘How are revolutions generated?’, ‘Does public opinion r...
International audienceThis article aims to show the need for a multidisciplinary approach to the stu...