Talking proper : the rise of accent as social symbol
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 the speaker, and focuses on the rise of the idea of a "standard" accent.
Print Book, English, 1997, ©1995
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Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford, Oxford, 1997, ©1995
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353 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780198237068, 9780198239482, 0198237065, 0198239483
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