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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830717303321

Autore

Cavanaugh Jillian R.

Titolo

Living memory : the social aesthetics of language in a Northern Italian town / / Jillian R. Cavanaugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

1-4443-0827-0

1-118-47988-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Blackwell studies in discourse and culture

Disciplina

306.440945

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics - Italy - Bergamo

Language and culture - Italy

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Living Memory: The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Constructing Transcripts: Orthographic Conventions and Transcription Processes; 1: Introduction; 2: Bergamasco in Use: The Feel of Everyday Speaking; 3: Gendering Language; 4: Bergamasco on Stage: Poetry and Theater; 5: Modern Campanilismo: The Value of Place; 6: Bergamo, Italy, Europe: Speaking Contextualized; 7: Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Living Memory investigates the complex question of language and its place at the heart of Bergamasco culture in northern Italy.  Integrates extensive participant observation with sociolinguistic data collection Reveals the political and social dynamics of a national language (Italian) and a local dialect (Bergamasco) struggling for survival Introduces the original concept of the "social aesthetics of language": the interweaving of culturally-shaped and emotionally felt dimensions of language-choice Written to be accessible to students and specialists alike<