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'Talking proper' : the rise of accent as social symbol / Lynda Mugglestone.
Van Pelt Library PE1074.7 .M84 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mugglestone, Lynda.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Great Britain--Standardization.
- English language.
- English language--Spoken English--Great Britain.
- English language--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- English language--Social aspects.
- Speech and social status.
- English language--Spoken English.
- Standardization.
- Great Britain.
- English language--Variation--Great Britain.
- English language--Variation.
- English language--Accents and accentuation.
- Speech and social status--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Social classes--Great Britain.
- Social classes.
- Physical Description:
- 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- [Second edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- 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 Labor. This is a witty, readable account of a fascinating subject, liberally spiced with quotations from English speech and writing over the past 250 years.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [328]-346) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199250618
- OCLC:
- 50478538
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