Living Memory: The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town (Wiley Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture)
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- Synopsis
- 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 language”: 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
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781118479889
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781444308273, 9781118277430, 9781405168823
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Date of Addition:
- 04/17/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Jillian R. Cavanaugh
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.