A sociolinguistic insight into an Italian community in the UK : workplace language as an identity marker / by Siria Guzzo ; with a preface by David Britain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guzzo, Siria, author.

Britain, David, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italians--England--Bedford--Languages.

Italians.

Foreign workers, Italian--England--Bedford.

Foreign workers, Italian.

Italians--England--Bedford--Ethnic identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Italian diaspora throughout the world navigate and negotiate various complex and multidirectional language dynamics. In order to account for the sociolinguistic processes that have taken place, this book provides a detailed observation of these linguistic dynamics from the point of view of the Italian diaspora in Bedford, in the UK. This study on the language behaviour of three generations of Italian residents in Bedford provides empirical data on, and highlights the importance of, the s.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF TABLES

AUTHORS' NOTE

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CONCLUSIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 20, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7148-6

OCLC:

905863896