Patois and linguistic pastiche in modern literature / edited by Giovanna Summerfield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Summerfield, Giovanna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dialectology.

Language and languages in literature.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an era of globalization and European standardization, dialect, patois, and linguistic pastiche are marks of identity, of individual and regional nature. Paraphrasing the words of Luigi Pirandello, one tends to use the standard national language to express the concept, while one opts to use one's regional dialect to express the feeling. The literary tradition has always accepted language mixing. Linguists and literary critics have studied this phenomenon from different perspectives. No in...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

ISBN:

1-282-19275-2

9786612192753

1-4438-0915-2

OCLC:

827209115