Talking Proper

The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol

AvLynda Mugglestone

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Talking Proper is a history of the rise and fall of the English accent as a badge of cultural, social, and class identity. Lynda Mugglestone traces the origins of the phenomenon in late eighteenth-century London, follows its history through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and charts its downfall during the era of New Labour. This is a witty, readable account of a fascinating subject, liberally spiced with quotations from English speech and writing over the past 250 years.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-11-01
Mått:157 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:552 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:370
Upplaga:2
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199250622

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Mer om författaren

Lynda Mugglestone is News International Lecturer in Language and Communication, University of Oxford and Fellow in English Language and Literature, Pembroke College, Oxford.

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Lynda Mugglestone's glorious book Talking Proper...gives us a closely researched history of the English accent as a badge of identity

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: 'A National Obsession' ; 1. The Rise of a Standard ; 2. Accent as Social Symbol ; 3. The Practice of Prescription ; 4. /h/ and Other Symbols of the Social Divide ; 5. Ladylike Accents and the Feminine Proprieties of Speech ; 6. Literature and the Literate Speaker ; 7. Educating Accents ; 8. The Rise (and Fall ?) of Received Pronunciation ; Notes ; Reference ; Index