Living Memory : The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town Hardback
by Jillian R. (Brooklyn College) Cavanaugh
Part of the Wiley Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture series
Hardback
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Living Memory investigates the complex question of language and its place at the heart of Bergamasco culture in northern Italy. • Integrates extensive participant observation with sociolinguistic data collection • Reveals the political and social dynamics of a national language (Italian) and a local dialect (Bergamasco) struggling for survival • Introduces the original concept of the “social aesthetics of languageâ€: the interweaving of culturally-shaped and emotionally felt dimensions of language-choice • Written to be accessible to students and specialists alike • Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:20/02/2009
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- ISBN:9781405168823
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:20/02/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405168823