Talking proper : the rise of accent as social symbol /

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 down...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mugglestone, Lynda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007, ©2003.
Edición:[2nd ed.].
Temas:
English language > Great Britain > Standardization.
English language > Spoken English > Great Britain.
English language > Social aspects > Great Britain.
English language > Variation > Great Britain.
English language > Accents and accentuation.
Speech and social status > Great Britain.
Social classes > Great Britain.
Anglais (Langue) > Anglais parlé > Grande-Bretagne.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > Grande-Bretagne.
Langage et statut social > Grande-Bretagne.
Classes sociales > Grande-Bretagne.
English language > Accents and accentuation
English language > Social aspects
English language > Spoken English
English language > Standardization
English language > Variation
Manners and customs
Social classes
Speech and social status
Great Britain > Social life and customs.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes.
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: 'A National Obsession'
  • 1. The Rise of a Standard
  • 2. Accent as Social Symbol
  • 3. The Practice of Prescription
  • 4. /h/ and Other Symbols of the Social Divide
  • 5. Ladylike Accents and the Feminine Proprieties of Speech
  • 6. Literature and the Literate Speaker
  • 7. Educating Accents
  • 8. The Rise (and Fall?) of Received Pronunciation.

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