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Description for Scouse
Paperback. This ground-breaking account challenges received wisdom about the history of language in Liverpool. Exploring a range of sources, and drawing on recent developments in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology, it provides a radically new understanding of Scouse in terms of its history, representation and social and cultural significance. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
Nowhere in Britain is more closely associated with a form of language than Liverpool. Yet the history of language in Liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of Liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich, complex and fascinating history which produced it. Scouse: A Social and Cultural History presents a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about language in Liverpool and presents an alternative version of the currently accepted history. Ranging from the mid eighteenth century to the present, the book explores evidence from a host of ... Read more
Nowhere in Britain is more closely associated with a form of language than Liverpool. Yet the history of language in Liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of Liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich, complex and fascinating history which produced it. Scouse: A Social and Cultural History presents a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about language in Liverpool and presents an alternative version of the currently accepted history. Ranging from the mid eighteenth century to the present, the book explores evidence from a host of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
328g
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846318405
SKU
V9781846318405
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Tony Crowley
Tony Crowley is Professor of English at the University of Leeds. Born and bred in Liverpool, he has taught at Oxford, Southampton and Manchester Universities. He was the Hartley Burr Alexander Chair of the Humanities at Scripps College, California (2005-13), and is a Fellow of the English Association. His previous books include Scouse: A Social and Cultural History (Liverpool University ... Read more
Reviews for Scouse
Thoroughly researched using an impressive range of sources from antiquarian to contemporary creative writing; and written with fluency and authority. This is the nearest thing to a definitive history of scouse. Can there be an archaeology of sound? Tony Crowley raids newspapers, journals, letters and his own memories in an attempt to trace the history of a manner of speaking. ... Read more