Staging language : place and identity in the enactment, performance and representation of regional dialects / Urszula Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Urszula, author.

Series:

Language and Social Life ; v. 13.

Language and Social Life ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

ix, 179 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]

Summary:

Although there are many studies on linguistic variation as it relates to both "traditional" and "new" media such as film, TV, newspapers, and online behavior, little has been written about spoken performance in overt but face-to-face conversations. This book bridges that gap, and focuses on an "in between" zone between casual face-to-face conversations and the type of heavily scripted language of most traditional spoken media. The book draws upon a substantial amount of empirical data in its investigation of the role played by performance texts in creating, maintaining and challenging imagined communities and focuses upon the ways in which performance contributes to people's sense of the kinds of use for which dialect/variational use is appropriate and those for which it is not. It sheds light on how such stylization intersects with multiple social indexes and how performers and other creative artists challenge and mock hegemonic practices through enregistering a defined set of linguistic variables in the context of their performance and other associated written texts.

Contents:

1 Staging language: Place and identity In the enactment, performance and representation of regional dialects p. 1

1.2 Dialect and style p. 5

1.3 Mediatization and performance p. 9

1.4 Performance and performativity p. 15

1.5 Researching dialect as staged language p. 16

2 Further theoretical considerations p. 23

2.2 Grounded theory and ethnography p. 23

2.3 Indexicality and enregisterment p. 26

2.4 Linguistic hegemony, heteroglossia, polyphony, double- and multi-voicing p. 31

2.5 Comedy, parody, humour, the burlesque, carnivalesque and dialect p. 36

2.6 Frame and perspective p. 38

2.7 The politics of transcription p. 41

3 Staging language In performance: Comedy and parody p. 44

3.2 Features of Birmingham and Black Country dialect in performance p. 45

3.2.1 Phonology p. 45

3.2.2 Morphology and syntax p. 48

3.3 Performance 1 know what yowm thinkin'... stand-up comedy p. 49

3.3.1 In conversation with Paul Jennings p. 60

3.3.2 In conversation with members of the audience p. 65

3.4 Performance 2 doh like it: Comedy sketch p. 67

3.4.1 In conversation with Fizzog p. 73

3.4.2 In conversation with members of the audience and celebrities p. 74

3.5 Performance 3 Any Villa fans in the room? Stand-up comedy p. 77

3.5.1 In conversation with Craig Deeley p. 81

3.5.2 In conversation with Rob Hazel, local librarian p. 82

4 Staging language in performance: Comedy and parody in contemporary Afro Caribbean performances p. 86

4.2 Birmingham and superdiversity p. 87

4.3 Black popular culture p. 89

4.4 The emergence of Black Brum p. 90

4.4.1 Phonology p. 92

4.4.2 Morphology and syntax p. 95

4.4.3 Lexis p. 96

4.5 Performance 1 Andre 'Soul' Hesson (ASH) p. 97

4.5.1 In conversation with Andre Hesson p. 101

4.6 Performance 2 Deci4Life and Moqpal Selassie in The Spiral p. 104

4.6.1 In conversation with Deci4Life, Moqpal Selassie and the audience p. 107

4.7 Performance 3 Where are you from? From Birmingham p. 113

4.7.1 In conversation with Roy Mcfarlane p. 115

4.8 In conversation with Benjamin Zephaniah p. 116

5 Staging language in performance: Performance poetry and drama p. 122

5.2 Features of Staffordshire and Warwickshire dialect in performance p. 123

5.2.1 Phonology p. 123

5.2.2 Morphosyntax and lexis p. 125

5.3 Performance 1 Staffordshire Potteries and the Trent Vale poet p. 126

5.3.1 In conversation with the Trent Vale poet and members of the audience p. 130

5.4 Performance 2 The play Riot p. 133

5.4.1 In conversation with playwright Richard Green and members of the cast p. 138

5.5 Performance 3 The play Too much pressure p. 140

5.5.1 In conversation with playwright Allan Pollock p. 144

5.5.2 In conversation with members of the audience and celebrities p. 146

5.6 Performance 4 The Coventry Mummers p. 149

5.6.1 In conversation with Mummer Ian Pearson p. 153

6 Agentive and situational dialect use: Place and identity in and beyond staged performance p. 155

6.2 Staging identity and place through dialect use p. 158

6.3 Dialect use, linguistic style and identity construction p. 162

6.4 Dialect, performance and agency p. 163

6.5 Dialect, performance, creativity and imagination p. 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501515415

1501515411

OCLC:

1083628405