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'Talking Proper': the rise of accent as social symbol
Abstract
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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Metadata
- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 1995-10-01
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 02
- Pages
- 33-0746-33-0746
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W1506224037
- Cited by
- 419
- References
- 0
- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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