Talking Proper: The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol

ISBN-13: 9780199250622 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 368 str.

Lynda Mugglestone

Opis

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.

Recenzje

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

O autorze

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