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Talking Proper: The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol

Talking Proper: The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol

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ISBN10: 0199250618
ISBN13: 9780199250615
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Apr 10 2003
Pages: 364
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.46 Depth: 9.34
Language: English
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 Labor. This is a witty, readable account of a fascinating subject, liberally spiced with quotations from English speech and writing over the past 250 years.

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