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Autore |
Bonfiglio Thomas Paul <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Race and the rise of standard American [[electronic resource] /] / by Thomas Paul Bonfiglio |
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Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2002 |
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Edizione |
[Reprint 2010] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Collana |
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Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP] ; ; 7 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - United States - Standardization |
English language - Social aspects - United States |
English language - Variation - United States |
Language and culture - United States |
Social classes - United States |
Linguistics - United States |
United States Ethnic relations |
United States Race relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-254) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Introduction -- 1. The legitimation of accent -- 2. Pronunciations of race. 2.1. Saxons and swarthy Swedes: race and alterity in Benjamin Franklin -- 2. Pronunciations of race. 2.1. Saxons and swarthy Swedes: race and alterity in Benjamin Franklin -- 2. Pronunciations of race. 2.2. From Noah to Noah: Webster's ideology of American race and language -- 2. Pronunciations of race. 2.3. Class and race in the nineteenth century -- 2. Pronunciations of race. 2.4. Boston's last stand: the prescriptions of Henry James -- 2. Pronunciations of race. 2.5. Of tides and tongues: race, language, and immigration -- 2. Pronunciations of race. 2.6. Teutonic struggles: Mencken and Matthews -- 2. Pronunciations of race. 2.7. Vizetelly and the birth of network standard -- 3. Occident, orient, and alien -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study examines the effect of race-consciousness upon the pronunciation of American English and upon the ideology of standardization in the twentieth century. It shows how the discourses |
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