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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society by Raymond Williams (Paperback, 1988)

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He aims not at resolution of semantic ambiguities but at "that extra edge of consciousness.". In his exploration of language, Williams gets at dynamics and nuances generally encountered only in free-wheeling compilations of slang.

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Raymond Williams' seminal exploration of the history of meaning of some of the most important words in the English language. First published in 1976, and expanded in 1983, KEYWORDS reveals how the meanings of 131 words - including 'art', 'class', 'family', 'media', 'sex' and 'tradition' - were formed and subsequently altered and redefined as the historical contexts in which they were used changed. Neither a defining dictionary or glossary, KEYWORDS is rather a brilliant investigation into how the meanings of some of the most important words in the English language have shifted over time, and the forces that brought about those shifts.