Cockney Past and Present: A Short History of the Dialect of London (Routledge Library Editions: The English Language #17)
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- Synopsis
- Although Cockney can be considered to be one of the most important non-standard forms of English, there had been little to no scholarly attention on the dialect prior to William Matthews’s 1938 volume Cockney Past and Present. Matthews traced the course of the speech of London from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century by gathering information from many sources including plays, novels, music-hall songs, the comments of critics and the speech and recollections of living Cockneys. This book will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
- Copyright:
- 1938
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 18 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781317425595
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781138915930, 9781315689920, 9781138915961
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 08/25/22
- Copyrighted By:
- William Matthews
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.