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'Talking Proper'
Lynda Mugglestone
其他書名
The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol
出版Oxford University Press, 2007
ISBN019171948X9780191719486
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_CtOAQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Talking Proper is a history of the rise and fall of the English accent as a badge of cultural, social, and class identity. Lynda Mugglestone traces the origins of the phenomenon in late eighteenth-century London, follows its history through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and charts its downfall during the era of New Labour. This is a witty, readable account of a fascinating subject, liberally spiced with quotations from English speech and writing over the past 250. years. - ;Talking Proper is a history of the rise and fall of the English accent as a badge of cultural, social, and clas.