Scouse: A Social and Cultural History - Brossura

Crowley, Tony

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ISBN 10: 1846318408 ISBN 13: 9781846318405

Casa editrice: Liverpool Univ Pr, 2012

Riassunto

No place in Britain is more closely associated with a distinct dialect than Liverpool, yet the complex and fascinating history of language in Liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth. Scouse presents a groundbreaking and iconoclastic account of language in Liverpool, offering a new alternative to currently accepted history. Drawing on a huge breadth of sources—from plays to newspaper accounts to reports to little-known essays—and informed by recent developments in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics, Tony Crowley charts the complex relationship between language and place.

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Recensione:

Thoroughly researched using an impressive range of sources from antiquarian to contemporary creative writing; and written with fluency and authority. This is the nearest thing to a definitive history of scouse. -- Professor John Belchem An enthralling book... Tony Crowley has written a book many of us have wanted to read for a long time. -- Professor Michael O'Neil Can there be an archaeology of sound? Tony Crowley raids newspapers, journals, letters and his own memories in an attempt to trace the history of a manner of speaking. In doing so he tells the story of the rise and fall of a whole city, a way of life. This is an eccentric, creative, quixotic, scholarly and ultimately emotional book that is unlike anything else I've ever read. --Frank Cottrell-Boyce

L'autore:

Tony Crowley is the Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities at Scripps College. He is the author of several books, most recently Wars of Words: The Politics of Language in Ireland 1537–2004.

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• Editore: Liverpool Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1846318408
• ISBN 13: 9781846318405
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224