Talking proper : the rise of accent as social symbol

Author(s)

• Mugglestone, Lynda

Bibliographic Information

Talking proper : the rise of accent as social symbol

Lynda Mugglestone

Clarendon Press, 1997

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-347) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study examines the images and issues implicated in the rise of accent as a symbol of social value and identity in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It looks at popular stereotypes of speech and speaker - such as "educated", "vulgar" and "parvenue" - and focuses on the rise of the idea of a "standard" accent and associated judgements about "good" and "bad" speech. The author shows how these notions were transposed into literature and education, and into contemporary images of gender and class.

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Details

• NCID: BA30966137
• ISBN:
  • 0198237065
• LCCN: 94022024
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 353 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE1074.7
  • DC20 : 306.4/4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Great Britain -- Standardization -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : English language -- Spoken English -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : English language -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Speech and social status -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : English language -- 19th century -- Accents and accentuation
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Social classes -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : English language -- 19th century -- Variation