The Impact of Everyday Language Change on the Practices of Visual Artists

Darryl Hocking (Auckland University of Technology)

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Cambridge University Press
19 May 2022

Art & Architecture; linguistics; Computational linguistics

Series: Elements in Corpus Linguistics

The practices of visual artists can never be decontextualised from language. Firstly, artists are constantly in dialogue with their peers, dealers, critics, and audiences about their creative activities and these interactions impact on the work they produce. Secondly, artists' conceptualisations of what artistic practice encompasses are always shaped by wider social discourses. These discourses, however, and their manifestation in the language of everyday life are subject to continual change, and potentially reshape the way that artists conceptualise their practices. Using a 235,000-word diachronic corpus developed from artists' interviews and statements, this Element investigates shifts in artists' use of language to conceptualise their art practice from 1950 to 2019. It then compares these shifts to see if they align with changes in the wider English lexicon and whether there might be a relationship between everyday language change and the aesthetic and conceptual developments that take place in the art world.

By: Darryl Hocking (Auckland University of Technology)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 150g
ISBN: 9781009225731
ISBN 10: 1009225731
Series: Elements in Corpus Linguistics
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 19 May 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Impact of Everyday Language Change on the Practices of Visual Artists

'… this book is an eye-opener. It investigates the relationship between language and visual arts through a diachronic and corpus-based analysis. This book will be helpful for those who want to integrate language and artistic change. It is also useful for postgraduate students and researchers who wish to use the MD-CADS approach in their own research.' Qiuying Zhao, International Journal of Communication