Annales and pragmatism were part of many schools of thought that applied a structural understanding of linguistics to history, called the New Social History. Social history looked at society as a whole through rigorous structural theory. The language of primary sources was a kind of ethnic glue that gave context to all speech. Mostly they applied structural functionalism from sociology, as in what was the function of any given subject within the context of its social structure, to linguistic analysis to broaden what societal trends were leading toward a better nation. But structuralism began to break down, as neoliberalism emphasized individuals more than society as a whole. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History