Talking proper [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of accent as social symbol / / Lynda Mugglestone

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465622703321
• Autore: Mugglestone Lynda
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 0-19-155472-3; 9786611341695; 1-281-34169-X; 0-19-925062-6
• Edizione: [[2nd ed.].]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44/0941; 306.440941
• Soggetti: 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; Electronic books.; Great Britain Social life and customs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; 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; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Labour. This is a witty, readable account of a fascinating subject, liberally spiced with quotations from English speech and writing over the past 250 years. - ;Talking Proper is a history of the rise and fall of the English accent as a badge of cultural, social, and class